Description

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TL 9925 SE
5/117

HIGH STREET (north side)
Colchester Town Hall

(Formerly listed as Town Hall)

25.3.68

I
1898, by John Belcher. Exceptionally rich design in free classical style: red brick and Portland stone. Three storeys, lowest one stone-faced with central entrance, carved brackets to porch support balcony above. Three pairs of engaged Corinthian columns rise through first and second storeys to support two segmental and one triangular pediment. Large coat of arms above latter, breaking balustrade to roof. Statues in high relief between second storey windows.

Victoria tower, on return, rises above pair of bay windows.162 ft high topped by statue of St Helena. Lower stage of brick, upper part of stone: very elaborate with four bronze ravens and four stone figures; Fishery, Engineering, Military Defence, Agriculture. One of the bells is from the Old Town Hall. Circa 1400 (RCHM).

Listing NGR: TL9957725220

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17536735

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Recommended Books

• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)