Description

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TR 0624 1/31
1449
28.8.51

HIGH STREET
(South East Side)
The Town Hall.
A Naval Cannon embedded
in the wall of the Town Hall.

(Formerly listed as No 33 (The Town Hall). A Naval Cannon embedded in the wall of No 33)

GV
II

Erected in 1702 on an open arcade, refaced in the early C19 and the ground floor built in 1884. 2 storeys stuccoed. The end window bays project slightly. Parapet with, in the centre, a high ornamental panel with cartouche in it and pediment over it. Cornice above ground floor. 5 round-headed windows on the 1st floor with glazing bars intact. 2 large segmental-headed windows on the ground floor with glazing bars missing and 3 doorways, the centre one in a moulded architrave surround with a broken pediment over supported on brackets, the outer ones with pilasters, triangular pediments and semi-circular fanlights, all 3 with 6 panelled doors, partially glazed. Panelling inside. Embedded in the wall on the right hand side is a late C18 to early C19 cast iron naval cannon.

Nos 25 to 43 (odd) form a group.

Listing NGR: TR0640824784

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26321679

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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