Description

HIGHTOWN
1.
5144 (North Side)
Town Hall and
Market Hall
SJ 7560 1/62
II
2.
1889. Architect, Thomas Bower of Nantwich. Gothic style; red brick with stone
dressings; facade expresses 2 storeys; centre portion of 4 bays, each defined by
buttresses and with 3-light mullioned windows in stone surrounds with hood moulds;
string-course at 1st floor; below is an open arcaded loggia of 4 pointed arched
openings; 4-stage tower block on right-hand side, the upper octagonal, with a clock
face on 4 sides, and the whole surmounted by a pyramidal tiled roof, and open
lantern; below is an elaborate entrance with pointed arched head surmounted by
carved stone heraldic panel and flanked by a pair of stone statues which stand
high on corbels under canopies. Gabled bay on left-hand side with 4-light stone
mullioned and transomed window. The Market Hall, which is a somewhat later addition,
is a plain span-roof brick wing extending at the rear.

Listing NGR: SJ7580360887

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall and Market Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26423459

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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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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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)