County Hall With The Curving Screen Walls And Turrets On Either Side is a Grade II* listed building in the Oxford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1968. A 1841 County hall. 4 related planning applications.
County Hall With The Curving Screen Walls And Turrets On Either Side
- WRENN ID
- narrow-vault-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Oxford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1968
- Type
- County hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
NEW ROAD 1. 1485 (South Side) County Hall with the curving screen walls and turrets on either side SP 5106 SW 8/436 29.1.68. II* 2. 1841. Delightful "Neo-Norman fortress" with Georgian type windows in "Gothic" surrounds. Symmetrical composition. Designed by J Plownan. Stone. Single storey, 5-bay frontage, the central bay projecting with a castellated porch and turrets over. The bays on either side have large round-headed sash windows. Parapet, roof not visible. The front decorated with mock arrow slits. The screen walls are castellated and have arrow slits in the end turrets. There are lamp standards in the form of 'fasces' on either side of the door.
Listing NGR: SP5105306158
Detailed Attributes
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