Town Hall

1. 5229 WHITCHURCH NEWBURY STREET

SU 45/4647 10.1.53 Town Hall SU 45/4648 5/6

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1. Late C18. Two storeys, 1:1.1.1:1 windows. A symmetrical facade (east) with a tall upper floor, the middle part projecting slightly from the wings, and itself having a projecting centrepiece. Hipped tile roofing, with a continuous cornice, above which in the middle part is a parapet with coping, broken in the centre by a steep pediment, enclosing a clock face. Above the middle gable is a square turret, with corner pilasters, arched openings with keystone and impost blocks, a cornice and dome, ending in a wrought-iron weathervane. Red brick walling in Flemish bond, rubbed flat cambered and round arches, stone cills; stucco features include rustication between the impost band and plinth, first floor band. Sash windows to the upper floor, the central wider lights being within a recessed opening below a segmental arch, with verniculated impost band supporting a plastered panel with a hollow fan design. Panelled doors are at each wing, and high windows on each side of the central opening (now a glazed doorway). The other elevations are of red brickwork in English bond with a flat-roofed modern rear wing behind the north side.

Listing NGR: SU4627248154