Description

1.
1578 MARKET STREET

The Town Hall
TQ 9220 1/29 12.10.51.

II* GV

2.
1742-1743. Architect Andrew Jelfe. 2 storey and attic. 5 windows. Red
brick with Portland stone dressings, long and short quoins, string course
above ground floor and cornice with modillions above the 1st floor. High
brick parapet with its own cornice, stone caps at the ends and the coat
of arms of Rye, also in Portland stone, in the centre surmounted by a broken
pediment. Cupola in the centre of the roof. Windows set in surrounds
of Portland stone with segmental heads and keystones over. The ground
floor forms a kind of narthex, originally open with an arcade of square
Portland stone columns, and arches with keystones over them, but 2 of the
bays have been filled in, the centre one to contain the fire engine and
the eastern most one to form the Magistrates' Room. 2 doorways in the
arcade lead to the Council Chamber above, that in the westernmost bay having
fluted Doric pilasters and entablature, that in the easternmost bay, which
is still open, having plain pilasters and a round arch. Panelled Council
Chamber on the 1st floor. Small attic rooms above. On the 1st floor of
the staircase wing at the back is a Portland stone sundial dated 1831.

Durrant House. Nos 3 to 7 (consec). Town Hall and La Rochelle, East Street
form a group.

Listing NGR: TQ9214720330

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17556095

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback