Old County Hall

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TRURO STATION ROAD (south side) Old County Hall

II County hall. 1910-12. By TB Silcock. Dressed elvan brought to course with granite dressings; dry Delabole slate roofs; dressed stone axial and gable stacks. Large plan enclosing two small courtyards: central council chamber. Classical style. Two storeys over basement; symmetrical 1:4:1:4:1-bay north entrance front. Quoin strips to single bays broken forward and surmounted by triangular pediments; moulded stone parapets between; basement plinth is rock-faced granite with segmental-arched four-pane sashes; all windows have twelve-pane sashes set in moulded stone square-headed architraves, with hoods over first-floor openings: single bays have open pediments over first-floor windows and round arches to second-floor windows; central entrance bay is fronted by a bowed porch carried on Tuscan columns; balustrade to parapet. Central cupola with open pediments.

INTERIOR: where inspected retains most of its original features: open-well stair with heavy turned balusters; vaulted ceilings to corridors and parquet floors.

Listing NGR: SW8149144834