Description

SWAFFHAM

TF8108 LONDON STREET
809-1/7/10 (West side)
17/01/73 No.4
Town Hall, and attached front
railings
(Formerly Listed as:
LONDON STREET
(West side)
Town Hall)

GV II

House, later used as town hall. Early C19. Red brick, slate
roofs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and dormer attic; 3-window range. Window
bays project forward slightly. Central 6-panelled door behind
Greek Doric doorcase consisting of 2 columns and 2 pilasters
supporting entablature. One 2/2 horned sash right and left
under arched heads in which are painted arched hoods. Three
4/4 horned sashes to first floor with plastered decorative
gauged skewback arches. Gabled roof. 3 flat-topped dormers
fitted with 2/2 horned sashes. Stack on rear roof slope to
left and front roof slope to right.
INTERIOR: council chamber, formerly dining room: 2 fluted
Greek Doric columns at south end, moulded cornices and late
C19 marble chimneypiece. Late C19 stick-baluster staircase
with panelled newel posts.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: circular-section wrought-iron railings to
street.

Listing NGR: TF8196808836

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall And Attached Front Railings at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26559737

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