Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 4 October 2021 to correct the date of construction and to reformat the text to current standards

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880-1/2/289

TRURO
STATION ROAD (south side)
Old County Hall

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County hall. 1910-12. By TB Silcock. Dressed elvan brought to course with granite dressings; dry Delabole slate roofs; dressed stone axial and gable stacks. Large plan enclosing two small courtyards: central council chamber. Classical style. Two storeys over basement; symmetrical 1:4:1:4:1-bay north entrance front. Quoin strips to single bays broken forward and surmounted by triangular pediments; moulded stone parapets between; basement plinth is rock-faced granite with segmental-arched four-pane sashes; all windows have twelve-pane sashes set in moulded stone square-headed architraves, with hoods over first-floor openings: single bays have open pediments over first-floor windows and round arches to second-floor windows; central entrance bay is fronted by a bowed porch carried on Tuscan columns; balustrade to parapet. Central cupola with open pediments.

INTERIOR: where inspected retains most of its original features: open-well stair with heavy turned balusters; vaulted ceilings to corridors and parquet floors.

Listing NGR: SW8149144834

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Old County Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26571560

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)