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Latitude: 51.3158 / 51°18'56"N
Longitude: 0.8911 / 0°53'28"E
OS Eastings: 601571
OS Northings: 161382
OS Grid: TR015613
Mapcode National: GBR SW3.J3L
Mapcode Global: VHKJW.D6G3
Plus Code: 9F328V8R+8C
Entry Name: The Guildhall
Listing Date: 29 July 1950
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1343844
English Heritage Legacy ID: 175932
ID on this website: 101343844
Location: Faversham, Swale, Kent, ME13
County: Kent
District: Swale
Civil Parish: Faversham
Built-Up Area: Faversham
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Gildhouse
THE MARKET PLACE
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The Guildhall
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II* GV
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Built as a Market Hall in 1574. Converted into the Guildhall
in 1605. Enlarged and rebuilt in 1814. The building consists
of a market arcade on the ground floor with the Council Chamber
over and a clock tower at the south west corner. The building
is supported on 3 rows of octagonal colmnns, The arcade is
original, but the 1st floor above dates entirely from the
reconstruction of 1814. Stuccoed. Modillion cornice and
parapet with pediment above the north and south fronts,
each containing a round cartouche in the tympanum. Round-
headed windows on the south side, square headed windows on
the east and west sides, and a single Venetian window on the
north side, all in moulded architrave surrounds. Panelling
inside. The clock tower is in 4 sections. The ground floor
is rusticated. The lst floor has long and short quoins. The
south side of the 2nd floor is flanked by pilasters with a clock
face between them and a dentilled cornice over, plus an inset
parapet containing a balustraded panel in the centre. The top
section of the tower is an octagonal cupola with leaden dome over,
surmounted by a ball and weather vane. AM Photograph in NMR.
All the listed buildings in the Market Place form a group.
Listing NGR: TR0157161382
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