Description

1.
1605 ST NICHOLAS STREET
(West Side)
No 35

TA 0488 4/325

II GV

2.
Former Old Town Hall. Circa 1870 or possihbly bit earlier. Heavy Italianate.
Large 3 storey building, marked coursing to ashlar, the end bays rusticated and
slightly projecting. Panelled frieze with scrollwork, projecting moulded cornice
and balustraded parapet. 6 windows to upper floors, square on 2nd floor with
eared moulded architrave surrounds. Architrave surrounds to tall 1st floor windows
having flanking strips with guilloche moulding, carved brackets to pediments
over, straight to 4 centre windows segmental to outer ones - panelled aprons
below sill course. ground floor altered with new bank front, but the end bays
original with flanking rusticated Corinthian pilasters and carved brackets to
projecting cornices. Right hand bay has carriageway with architrave arch. Left
hand one has doorway with similar arch. Louis Lumiere's films were also shown
here in 1897 (see Royal Hotel). Listed for group value.

Nos 33, 34, 35 form a group.

Listing NGR: TA0432088584

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26535887

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living