Description

In the entry for:
SHOREHAM-BY-SEA HIGH STREET
(south side)

Town Hall

The former listing date shall be added to read: 29/9/72

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SHOREHAM-BY-SEA HIGH STREET
TQ 2105 SW
6 and 3/71 (south side)
Town Hall
II

Customs House, now Town Hall. 1830 by Sidney Smirke as Customs House, converted in
1886. Incised render with band and full entablature to slate hipped roof with stack
to left. Two storeys; 3 bay symmetrical centre with one bay recessed wing to right.
Tall doubled pilasters on single pedestals flanking central bay and supporting
projecting pediment. Raised lettering reading 'Town Hall' in frieze under pediment.
Metal casement windows, triple on first floor over doors. Entrance in central bay
with doubled panelled doors and transom light; moulded entablature hood on volute
brackets, carrying sculptural group representing royal arms over.

Listing NGR: TQ2144805011

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Shoreham Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26278832

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Recommended Books

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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)