Listed Building: TOWN HALL (402330)

1. 5191 SOUTH STREET Town Hall SY 4692 1/427 28.11.50. I 2. 1786. Architect: William Tyler, one of the original 40 members of the R A and architect of Dorset County Gaol. Mason: James Hamilton, architect of St Mary's Church, Weymouth, the statue of George III on the Esplanade, and the obelisk at Frampton. Red brick. Ashlar plinth, strings, coping and parapet coping. 2 storeys. Moulded eaves cornice and parapet. T-shaped plan. Arcaded ground floor on north and west sides. Central 3 bays break forward, have rusticated ground floor and are crowned by a pediment with an oculus in tympanum. 3 sashes with glazing bars. Central window Venetian with sculpted apron displaying Town Arms flanked by swags. Sides have 1 sash with glazing bars, flanked by rubbed brick concave niches. Slate-hung clock turret. Domed lantern on 3 slender Tuscan columns C19 shell-shaped fountain on west side. Listing NGR: SY4659192922

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