Description

NZ6116 GUISBOROUGH MARKET PLACE
(south side)

7/118 Town Hall

II

Town Hall. 1821 (on site of former toll booth). 2nd floor added
1870. Dressed sandstone, hipped and gabled Welsh slate roof,
stone gable copings and kneelers and ball finials to north gable.
4 stacks (east truncated). Bands between floors. 3 storeys, 5
bays to N. and S. elevations: symmetrical. Pilasters between
1st and 2nd and 4th and 5th bays supporting narrow simple moulded
cornice, surmounted on north elevation, by shallow gable with
cartouche bearing the arms of the Chaloner family. 3-bay
segmental arcade to ground floor, with recessed mid C.19 3-light
sashes with glazing bars. Sash windows with glazing bars to
first floor. Round-headed windows to 2nd floor with sashes and
casements with gothic glazing bars. End elevations (E. and W.)
divided into 3 bays by pilasters supporting eaves cornice and
shallow gable bearing oval plaque with date: "1870". Central
doorway, central sash window with glazing bars to first floor, 2
round-headed windows with sashes and casements, to centre bay on
2nd floor.

Listing NGR: NZ6147016013

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Guisborough Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26614839

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