The photograph is mounted on the same card as OP28736. 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This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Arcade, Post Medieval County Hall