Description

CHULMLEIGH FORE STREET, (west side),
SS 6814 - 6914
Chulmleigh
7/76 The Town Hall
GV II
Town hall. 1846, altered in 1894. Rendered front gable end, otherwise unrendered
stone rubble with brick dressings. Slate roof with bracketted front gable end.
Plan: long, narrow rectangular plan, built gable end to street, the front and right
side formerly open at ground floor level, the arched openings infilled in late C19.
Central staircase with access from middle bay on right side.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Front gable end of 2 bays, with rusticated quoins and ground
floor below plat-band. Semi-circular arched windows to ground floor with vermiculated
keystones. Cambered arched windows to upper storey with rendered stone reveals and
aprons. Blind oculus to gable containing 1894 date. Right side of 7 bays of
infilled semi-circular brick arched openings to ground floor, with weathered
keystones, and semi-circular headed door of 2 panelled leaves to central bay. Upper
storey openings similar to front gable end with cambered arches and principally 16
paned hornless sashes, the 2nd bay from the right end is blocked, and second bay from
left end has larger opening with 24 paned sash.
In circa 1900 the arcades were enclosed and The Town Hall converted into a basket-
making workshop to provide labour for the poor of the town at the instigation of the
vicar of Chulmleigh, Rev. Marsden Gibson.

Listing NGR: SS6872614196

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26445570

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)