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The Town Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Scarborough, North Yorkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.282 / 54°16'55"N

Longitude: -0.3979 / 0°23'52"W

OS Eastings: 504404

OS Northings: 488554

OS Grid: TA044885

Mapcode National: GBR TLNX.NS

Mapcode Global: WHGC0.VMQQ

Plus Code: 9C6X7JJ2+QV

Entry Name: The Town Hall

Listing Date: 8 June 1973

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1273023

English Heritage Legacy ID: 446713

ID on this website: 101273023

Location: St Nicholas Cliff, North Yorkshire, YO11

County: North Yorkshire

District: Scarborough

Electoral Ward/Division: Castle

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Scarborough

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): North Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Scarborough St Mary

Church of England Diocese: York

Tagged with: City hall Seat of local government

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Description


ST NICHOLAS STREET
1.
1605
(East Side)
The Town hall
TA 0488 4/322

II


2.
1869-70 W B Stewart architect. Formerly residence of the Woodall family. Jacobean
mansion 2 storeys and attic red brick with stone dressings, plinth, string courses,
cornice and parapet. Main south front set on strapwork balustraded terrace to
gardens. Long front with Dutch gabled 3 storey bay to west end central 3 storey
Dutch gabled projection and 2 square, ogee lead domed, turrets to east end.
Dormers with semi-circular stone tympani with finials. Stone mullioned windows
in rusticated surrounds 2 storey mullioned canted bay to centre projection and
large leaded oriel how through 2 storeys between turrets at east end. Entrance
in western Dutch gabled block to street - engaged banded stone Ionic columns
on pedestals, triglyph entablature surmounted by scroll cartouche with flanking
pyramid finials. Picturesque sky line particularly as seen from Foreshore.


Listing NGR: TA0440488554

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