Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW MARKET PLACE
930-1/10/104 (East side)
22/06/78 No.32
Jubilee Building

GV II

Offices of the Chippenham Trustees. Dated 1887. Squared
coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings and plinth,
slate roof and stone stack with cornice to left. Double-depth
plan.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 4-window range. Horned 2/2-pane sash
windows diminishing in height toward the top. The 3 windows to
the left are stepped forward under a pediment with the town
crest and "UNITY AND LOYALTY 1837-1887" in the tympanum;
string courses between floors; chamfered rusticated quoins;
moulded architraves to the windows, those to the upper floor
with cornices, pediments to those on the lower floors. The
recessed range to the right has a smaller pediment, similar
windows and steps up to double 2-panel doors with raised
panels and bolection moulding; these are flanked by pilasters
with sunken panels supporting an entablature and pediment. To
the left of the door is a Civic Society plaque "TO COMMEMORATE
QUEEN VICTORIA'S GOLDEN JUBILEE"
INTERIOR: the stone-flagged hall has an open-well, closed
string Jacobean-style staircase with square moulded balusters,
chamfered newels with moulded cornices and turned finials.

Listing NGR: ST9224373187

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558386

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