Description

SE 4066 BOROUGHBRIDGE THE SQUARE, ALDBOROUGH
6/78 (south side)
30.1.78
The Old Court House
GV
II

Former Court House. C18. Reddish-brown brick. Pantile roof with raised brick
verges Gable end to square. Stepped and dentilled eaves, carried across gable
end. Brick staircase to blocked 1st floor entrance in north gable end. Set into
staircase, a hammer-dressed stone shelf formerly used as a mounting block and a
plaque inscribed: 'The Old Court House of the Ancient Borough of Aldborough and
Boroughbridge at which the Members of Parliament were elected until 1832.' Slightly
lower extension to south. Two doors to east elevation.
Until the First Reform Act Aldborough was a pocket borough returning 2 MP's.
Group value with Stocks House and rest of Square.

Listing NGR: SE4061466277

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26583653

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014