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

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26449165

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Recommended Books

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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5