Municipal Buildings, comprising the clock tower, public library, and Corn Exchange, and including the area balustrade which incorporates a war memorial and a statue of Queen Victoria is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1973. A Victorian Municipal buildings. 5 related planning applications.

Municipal Buildings, comprising the clock tower, public library, and Corn Exchange, and including the area balustrade which incorporates a war memorial and a statue of Queen Victoria

WRENN ID
proud-gutter-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1973
Type
Municipal buildings
Period
Victorian
Address
Municipal Buildings, comprising the clock tower, public library, and Corn Exchange, and including the area balustrade which incorporates a war memorial and a statue of Queen Victoria, Katharine Street
OS grid reference
TQ 324 653
Coordinates
51.37214, -0.09904
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Municipal Buildings, constructed between 1892 and 1896 by Charles Henman Jnr, consist of a clock tower, a public library, and a Corn Exchange, all designed in red brick with stone ornamentation and topped with a slate roof. The complex features buildings of varying sizes. The town hall, which has two storeys, an attic, and a basement, is nine bays wide facing Katharine Street and five bays wide facing Fell Street, with a tall clock tower on the southwest corner. Adjacent to the town hall is the library, which has one storey, an attic, and a basement, characterized by a steeply pitched roof and a central turret. To the northwest is the Corn Exchange, a three-storey structure with four bays and a two-bay loggia above part of the external staircase. In front of both the town hall and the library is a stone area balustrade that includes a war memorial located before the western end of the town hall and a bronze statue of Queen Victoria positioned opposite the central bay of the library.

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