The photograph is mounted on the same card as OP28737. Abingdon County Hall was built in 1678-83 by Christopher Kempster, one of Christopher Wren's masons. It had three main roles: as a warehouse in the cellars, a covered market on the ground floor and the Berkshire Assize Courts on the first floor. The hall was restored in 1853, 1927-31 and again in 1952. In 1919, Abingdon County Hall Museum was established at the county hall, created from donations by three local men. The County Hall is a rectangular two-storied building that stands on a stylobate, which is a classical style stepped platform with columns. It has four bays by two, cellars and attics, and a square staircase tower on the south side.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
On the reverse of the print it states "Charleton, The Abingdon Photographic Studios and Supplies, High Street, Abingdon". Also written on the back it states that it is "in Preston Collection".
This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
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