Town Hall, With Attached Drinking Fountain

SU 63 6451 (part) BASINGSTOKE MARKET PLACE

3/29 Town Hall, with attached drinking fountain. - II

1. A symmetrical facade of classical form; 2 storeys, 5 1st floor windows. Stucco walling: the parapet has a moulded coping and a stepped panel above a fully moulded cornice and plain frieze, the centre (above the cornice) being raised to accommodate a decorative cartouche between pilasters. At each side there are pilasters, passing through the 1st floor stage which is marked by a moulded cill band and plinth, resting on a cornice and frieze, a plain ground floor stage is divided between aide and central entrance by ½ columns separating coupled arched windows above panels; the arched doorway is part of a Tuscan porch (of 2 column 2 pilasters) with a balustered parapet. The upper windows have an architrave below a cornice and pulvinated frieze Victorian sashes to 1st floor, casements on ground floor. The classical form continues for 2 bays at each end (facing Church Street and Wote Street), extending a further 2 bays in red brickwork. C19 drinking fountain to rear, (temporarily removed at time of re-survey).

Listing NGR: SU6223851421