Description

SWAFFHAM

TF8208 BEECH CLOSE
809-1/8/101 (North side)
17/01/73 Nos 1-16 (Consecutive) The Shirehall
(Formerly Listed as:
WHITE CROSS ROAD
Shire Hall (Norfolk County Council))

II

Shire hall, now 7 flats. 1839, converted 1989-90. By John
Brown. Stuccoed brick with gault-brick lower attachments.
Slate roof.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 3-bay entrance in east gable: full-height
recessed entrance bay flanked by arched niches right and left,
and two 3/6 unhorned sashes to first floor, all with
architraves. 4 pilasters with capitals separate the bays.
Glazed doors of 1990 within recessed entrance bay. Pediment
with block mutules and arms of Norfolk County Council. Hipped
roof. 2 stacks on wall plane to north and south returns.
Returns with single-storey extensions of 5- by one-window
range, fitted with 6/6 unhorned sashes under gauged skewback
arches. Hipped roofs. First floor of main block has returns
lit through five 6/6 arched and unhorned sashes.
INTERIOR: floored and altered. C20 staircase inserted.

Listing NGR: TF8212808644

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559769

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Recommended Books

• 
  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)