Description

NZ 5032 & 5132
10/50 & 11/50

HARTLEPOOL,
CHURCH SQUARE (west side),
Cleveland College of Art and Design, Former Municipal Buildings

(Formerly listed as Municipal Buildings)

4.2.77

G.V. II

Municipal Buildings, 1886-89, by R. Knill Freeman (Manchester). Smooth red brick with ornamental terracotta dressings and plain clay tiled roofs. Northern Renaissance style. 2 storeys, 7 bays. 6-panelled double doors and fanlight with glazing bars to 5th bay, under 3-centred opening and canopy/balcony on consoles. Mullioned ground-floor windows with glazing bars to upper lights. Cross windows on first floor are separated by simple ½ - lozenge pilasters continued through parapet to diminutive ball and urn finials. Each window is set behind a 3-centred arched opening with moulded ornamentation to head. Shaped gables, those to front, between bays 1 and 2, & bays 6 & 7, lacking uppermost parts; all carry plaques of achievements of arms. Dentil cornices at first-floor sill level and at eaves. Banded ground floor; quoins to first floor. Lower 2-storey wings to rear and left, slightly later but in same manner. Internal features include stone staircase with terracotta balusters and oak handrail; and coved and panelled ceiling to first-floor council chamber. Disused at time of survey.

Listing NGR: NZ5099332574

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542184

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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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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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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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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)