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Old County Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Truro, Cornwall

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Latitude: 50.263 / 50°15'46"N

Longitude: -5.0672 / 5°4'1"W

OS Eastings: 181491

OS Northings: 44834

OS Grid: SW814448

Mapcode National: GBR ZD.LJ45

Mapcode Global: FRA 088B.HQS

Plus Code: 9C2P7W7M+54

Entry Name: Old County Hall

Listing Date: 30 July 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282633

English Heritage Legacy ID: 377600

ID on this website: 101282633

Location: Highertown, Cornwall, TR1

County: Cornwall

Civil Parish: Truro

Built-Up Area: Truro

Traditional County: Cornwall

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cornwall

Church of England Parish: Truro St George the Martyr

Church of England Diocese: Truro

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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

SW84SW
880-1/2/289

TRURO
STATION ROAD (south side)
Old County Hall

II
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

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