Description

SOUTHWOLD

TM5076 MARKET PLACE
588-1/7/79 (North side)
21/04/49 Town Hall

GV II

House, now Town hall. c1810; converted to Town Hall in early
C20. Gault brick with hipped roof of black-glazed pantiles.
EXTERIOR: 3-storey 3-window front. To left, 6-panelled door
with plain overlight set in plain doorcase: two 6/6 horned
sashes to right replace fire station doors. First-floor
windows are 6/6 unhorned sashes under gauged skewback arches:
on second floor, similar 3/6 sashes. Full-width cast-iron
balcony to first floor.
INTERIOR: straight staircase with turned balusters. First
floor: Council Chamber, formerly 2 rooms, has 2 mid C19 fire
surrounds and floral and acanthus plaster cornices. Stained
glass portrait roundels in windows of former mayors and
worthies.
(Bottomley A & Hutchinson J: Discovering Southwold: Southwold:
1988-: 2-3; Jenkins AB: A Hundred Years of Southwold in
Photographs: Southwold: 1983-: 14-15).

Listing NGR: TM5080876166

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26664233

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)