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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
Tagged with: Architectural structure
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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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