Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1952. Town hall. 12 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- open-render-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1952
- Type
- Town hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
ST 8622 2/59
HIGH STREET (South Side) Town Hall
20.6.52.
GV II Built by Richard, Marquess of Westminster, in 1837. Tower 1879, rebuilt 1925. Ground floor reconstructed 1926. Stone ashlar building with 5-window fronts, that to High Street being 2-storey, and that to Gold Hill, where the ground falls away, 3-storey. Castellated parapets, Small central tower has open pediment and clock. The windows are mostly 5-light casements with Gothic heads to lights and diagonal glazing-bars, On the lower floors the openings have 5-centred heads, those to the lower ground floor facing Gold Hill having wrought-iron gates. Facing High Street there is a central castellated porch and contemporary railings.
The Town Hall Church of St Peter, The Mitre Inn and Nos 25 to 31 (odd) form a group.
Listing NGR: ST8627222940
Detailed Attributes
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