Town Hall is a Grade I listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. A 1786 Town hall. 2 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- guardian-portal-solstice
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1950
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, South Street, Bridport, DT6 3NY
- OS grid reference
- SY 465 929
- Coordinates
- 50.73343, -2.75816
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall, built in 1786, is an important architectural work by William Tyler, who was one of the original 40 members of the Royal Academy and also designed the Dorset County Gaol. The mason for the project was James Hamilton, known for his work on St Mary's Church in Weymouth, the statue of George III on the Esplanade, and the obelisk at Frampton. The building is constructed of red brick with an ashlar plinth, strings, coping, and parapet coping. It has two storeys and features a T-shaped plan. The ground floor is arcaded on the north and west sides, with the central three bays projecting forward. These bays have a rusticated ground floor and are topped with a pediment that includes an oculus in the tympanum. The façade features three sash windows with glazing bars, with the central window being Venetian and adorned with a sculpted apron displaying the Town Arms, flanked by swags. Each side has one sash window with glazing bars, accompanied by rubbed brick concave niches. A slate-hung clock turret is present, along with a domed lantern supported by three slender Tuscan columns. Additionally, there is a 19th-century shell-shaped fountain located on the west side.
Local climate
Town Hall receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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