Description

1.
5281 GUILDHALL STREET
(North East Side)
FOLKESTONE
The Guildhall
TR 2235 NE 1/115
TR 2236 SE 4/115
II
Begun in 1856 by Joseph Messenger but completed by Whichcord and Blandford.
Dated 1860. 2 storeys Portland stone. Hipped slate roof. Stone balustraded
parapet with clock and curved pediment flanked by console brackets upended.
Modillion cornice. 5 Roman Corinthian Halt columns. 5 windows to the lst floor
with verticals only. Moulded architraves. Alternate curved and triangular pediments
and brackets. Balustrading beneath. The ground floor is rusticated and has 3
round-headed windows with keystones over. Left side entrance similar. Round-headed
doorcase. Tuscan portico with coupled columns. Brick side elevation. Band
between ground and 1st floor with dentils. _

Listing NGR: TR2290636019

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Guildhall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26314340

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Recommended Books

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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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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)