Assembly Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1995. Assembly hall. 9 related planning applications.
Assembly Hall
- WRENN ID
- lone-passage-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1995
- Type
- Assembly hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TUNBRIDGE WELLS CRESCENT ROAD TQ5839SE 7/10006 Assembly Hall GV II Assembly Hall. Built 1939 by Percy Thomas and Ernest Prestwich after a competition in 1934 to design a complete set of municipal buildings. Moderne" details. Brown brick with stone coping and band with "ASSEMBLY HALL". Five bays. Front 3 bays project with 3 narrow windows with 6 vertical metal panes with lotus motif. Above are sculptural stone panels of female figures in classical dress depicting Dancing, Drama and Music. End bays have smaller casements with 6 vertical panes. Ground floor has five double doors with flat canopy above ramped up at the sides with globular lamps on rounded plinths. The foyer has black full-height columns with gold mosaics and stylised Greek key design decoration. Staircases with metal handrail and marble floor. Auditorium has original proscenium with rectangular motif decorations and similar decorations to ceiling of hall. Walnut dado panelling. Balcony.
Listing NGR: TQ5852339472
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