Description

SO 9005 BISLEY-WITH-LYPIATT HIGH STREET, Bisley Village (east side)

13/81 Court House

GV II

Former court house, now exhibition hall with flat over. Dated 1865 for J.E. Dorington of Lypiatt Park (q.v.). Coursed and squared limestone; Welsh slate roof. Two-storey. Stands forward of main building line. Tudor Revival style. Front: 3 windows to ground floor below continuous string course; central 3-light, outer 2- light, all with Tudor arched heads. Two eaves-level parapet gabled upper floor dormers with 2-light casements. Central carved panel with Dorington arms and ribbon bands inscribed 'BISLEY COURT HOUSE' and 'A.D.1865'. Parapet gabled ends, each with mullioned and transomed upper floor casement. Stone steps lead to upper floor doorway at south end; off-centre Tudor arched doorway to north end with 2-light casement to left. Interior not inspected. Building replaced small market hall formerly on this site. Partly used as meeting room for local Board of Health.

Listing NGR: SO9046705934

External Links

• Wikidata Q26449165

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)