The Guildhall
THE GUILDHALL, GUILDHALL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1061218
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1975
- List Entry Name:
- The Guildhall
- Statutory Address:
- THE GUILDHALL, GUILDHALL STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1061218
- Date first listed:
- 11-Mar-1975
- List Entry Name:
- The Guildhall
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE GUILDHALL, GUILDHALL STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE GUILDHALL, GUILDHALL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Folkestone and Hythe (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Folkestone
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 22906 36019
Details
1. 5281 GUILDHALL STREET (North East Side) FOLKESTONE The Guildhall TR 2235 NE 1/115 TR 2236 SE 4/115 II Begun in 1856 by Joseph Messenger but completed by Whichcord and Blandford. Dated 1860. 2 storeys Portland stone. Hipped slate roof. Stone balustraded parapet with clock and curved pediment flanked by console brackets upended. Modillion cornice. 5 Roman Corinthian Halt columns. 5 windows to the lst floor with verticals only. Moulded architraves. Alternate curved and triangular pediments and brackets. Balustrading beneath. The ground floor is rusticated and has 3 round-headed windows with keystones over. Left side entrance similar. Round-headed doorcase. Tuscan portico with coupled columns. Brick side elevation. Band between ground and 1st floor with dentils. _
Listing NGR: TR2290636019
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 175331
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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