Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the East Hampshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1977. Town hall. 3 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- brooding-storey-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hampshire
- Constituency
- East Hampshire MP: Damian Hinds (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 March 1977
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, Market Square, Alton, GU34 1HD
- OS grid reference
- SU 716 393
- Coordinates
- 51.14861, -0.97759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall, located in Market Square, was built in 1813 with funding from public subscription and enlarged in 1840 and later. This building has two storeys and features five bays. It is constructed of colour-washed brick with a slate roof. The ground floor includes some segment-headed blank arches and modern shop fronts on the north side. There is a band at the first floor level, which has five recessed sash windows. On the south side, there is a doorcase with scrolly brackets and irregular window arrangements.
Local climate
Town Hall receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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