Listed Building: TOWN HALL (102044)

1. 1615 HIGH STREET (South Side) Town Hall ST 8622 2/59 20.6.52. II GV 2. Built by Richard, Marquess of Westminster, in 1857. Tower 1879, rebuilt 1925. Ground floor reconstructed 1926. Stone ashlar building with 5-window fronts, that to High Street being 2-storey, and that to Gold Hill, where the ground falls away, 3-storey. Castellated parapets, Small central tower has open pediment and clock. The windows are mostly 5-light casements with Gothic heads to lights and diagonal glazing-bars, On the lower floors the openings have 5-centred heads, those to the lower ground floor facing Gold Hill having wrought-iron gates. Facing High Street there is a central castellated porch and contemporary railings. The Town Hall Church of St Peter, The Mitre Inn and Nos 25 to 31 (odd) form a group. Listing NGR: ST8627222940

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Mar 16 2020 10:04AM