Description

PARISH OF ILKESTON MARKET PLACE
SK 4641 NW
7/48 (West Side)
Town Hall
GV II

Town Hall. 1867-8 by R C Sutton of Nottingham. Italianate
style. Red brick with sandstone dressings and yellow and blue
brick dressings. Welsh slate roof. Two storeys. East
elevation of five bays, the centre three advanced. Chamfered
plinth, banded rustication to impost height, continuing as
quoins to first floor entablature and moulded stone cornice.
Moulded stone cornice to first floor, surmounted by balustraded
stone parapet with urns. The ground floor has a central
recessed porch with round arch, flanked by round arched windows
set in recessed panels. Flanked again by two similar windows.
The arches have polychromatic brickwork, keyblocks, moulded
hoodmoulds and moulded impost band. The windows have margin
light sashes. The first floor has five round-arched windows,
the outer ones with plain brick tympana. Keyblocks, stone
hoodmould and decorative stone bands. Margin light sashes. In
front of the centre window is a bold stone balcony on carved
brackets, with openwork balustrade and ball finials. C20
extensions to rear not of special interest.

Listing NGR: SK4644441707

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Ilkeston Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q5998526

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)