Description

CORFE CASTLE WEST STREET ( East side )
SY 96 82
7/139 The Old Town Hall (formerly
listed as Town Hall)
20.11.59
GV II*
Former Town Hall, ground floor now used as Museum. C17 origin, largely rebuilt
c1774. Walls of rubble stone up to first floor level and brick above; plat band
at first floor level. Stone slate roof. Elevation to road has, on ground floor,
2 panelled doors, one stone mullioned window with lead lights, and a small plain
window. First floor has 2 round-headed windows with lead lights in stone surrounds
with projecting keystones. Similar window in north gable wall. First floor room -
the former Council Chamber, has ornamental plaster cornice. (RCHM, Monument 4.
Dorset. Vol. II).

Listing NGR: SY9603282053

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Old Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17540730

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)