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The Municipal Buildings

A Grade II Listed Building in Crewe, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.0985 / 53°5'54"N

Longitude: -2.4395 / 2°26'22"W

OS Eastings: 370670

OS Northings: 355787

OS Grid: SJ706557

Mapcode National: GBR 7X.8V98

Mapcode Global: WH9B5.HCKZ

Plus Code: 9C5V3HX6+96

Entry Name: The Municipal Buildings

Listing Date: 6 July 1976

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1136190

English Heritage Legacy ID: 56688

Also known as: Crewe Town Hall
Crewe Municipal Buildings

ID on this website: 101136190

Location: Crewe, Cheshire East, Cheshire, CW1

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Crewe

Built-Up Area: Crewe

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Crewe St Andrew

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: City hall English Baroque Seat of local government

Description


SJ 75 NW FORMER BOROUGH OF CREWE EARLE STREET

2/45 The Municipal Buildings

6.7.76

GV II Council Offices, 1902-1905 by H T Hare in English Baroque style. Yellow sandstone ashlar with stone slate gable roof. 2½ storeys and basement, 5 bays. 3 centre bays recessed for 2 storeys, flanked and separated by giant unfluted Ionic columns. Small Tuscan column mullions to ground floor windows, in outer bays. Deeply recessed semi-circular headed entrance with wrought iron gates and oak screen with double doors. This is flanked by timber mullion and centre-arched transome windows with matching archivolts and cartouche keystones. Pairs of large reclining figures, carved in relief by F.E.E.Schenck, surmount the three centre openings. Cross windows with stone eared architraves at first floor level and segmental bracketted balconies to outer bays. Dentilled and bracketted eaves cornice. Dormer windows to second floor centre bays with small pediments above and fronted by balustraded parapet. End bay windows are bullseyes with egg and dart and festoon treatment. Copings to gables, stone chimneys and cupola with vane and locomotive finial. Interior: Tuscan columns in entrance hall, York stone geometrical staircase, marble Ionic columns and a window in Venetian style in the Council Chamber. Hardwood doors, in elaborate frames, and plasterwork based on festoons and egg and dart moulds.

Listing NGR: SJ7067055787

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