Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 1963. A Post-Medieval Town hall. 8 related planning applications.

Town Hall

WRENN ID
empty-tower-indigo
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Country
England
Date first listed
18 July 1963
Type
Town hall
Period
Post-Medieval
Source
Historic England listing

Description

SU6894 6/185 18/07/63

WATLINGTON HIGH STREET (South side) Town Hall

GV II*

Town hall. Built 1665 for Thomas Stonor. Later C17/early C18 one-bay extension to rear right. Random bond brick; old tile roof; brick stack. Original T-plan now L-plan with short rear wing to right of front. Two storeys and attic. Left gable wall has hood-mould over toothed round-arch on moulded imposts. First-floor 3-light brick-mullioned ovolo-moulded window with round-arched central light; second floor has 2-light brick-mullioned ovolo-moulded window. Similar right gable wall, rear left gable wall with clock on blocked window and 2-storey left side wall. All ground-floor entrances have C20 iron gates; moulded string course and stepped eaves course to original 1665 building. Gabled roof; ridge stack; bell cupola with weathercock on hipped roof. Interior not inspected: the first floor was used by the Watlington Free Grammar School, and the partly-open ground floor as a market. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.830; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.IIIII, p.212).

Listing NGR: SU6897294491

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