Description

1. SHUTTERN
5365
(North Side)
Shire Hall
ST 2224 SW 10/342

II

2.
Large isolated Gothic building on a hill set back from the street. By W B Moffat,
1855-58. Perpendicular style. South front. Central feature is gabled entrance
range coming forward from a cross range at rear with gables rising above crenellated
parapets and 3 turrets to each side. White lias with Ham stone dressings. Slate
roofs. Mostly 2 storeys with attics in turrets and gables. Buttresses, crenellated
parapets and 1, 2, and 3 light windows with traceried heads. Entrance front has
a projecting oriel with openwork parapets supported by archway and surround of
main entrance. Attached shafts leading to brackets under balconette flank the
heavily moulded segmental entrance arch. Heraldic devide and parchment scrolls
over the massive double doors. Oculus with stellar tracery in gable, subsidiary
wing in similar style to left.

Listing NGR: ST2239024295

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Shire Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26312901

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings