THE OLD TOWN HALL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1100724
- Date first listed:
- 22-Apr-1950
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD TOWN HALL, 19, WYRE HILL
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD TOWN HALL, 19, WYRE HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Worcestershire
- District:
- Wyre Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bewdley
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 78027 75040
Details
SO 7875 SW BEWDLEY CP WYRE HILL (south side)
12/286 No 19 (The Old Town Hall)
22.4.50
- II
Probably a house, now a shop and house. Second half C15 with mid-C19 and
some late C20 alterations. Timber-frame with painted brick infill and tile
roof. Three framed bays aligned east/west, with an added brick bay to east;
gable end stacks and a lateral stack on front wall. Two storeys, four windows:
2-light casements, with lateral stack between two to left; ground floor: to
left-hand side: a boxed 6-pane sash with entrance to right which has a ledged
and boarded door; to right-hand side a tiled pentice roof over two square bay
windows with entrance between which has a wooden architrave and a half-glazed
door; to right hand corner a garage with two-leaf door; to left-hand end the
late C18 brick addition which is of,one storey with a dentilled brick cornice
and a 2-light casement. Framing: originally two rectangular panels high;
gable truss (to left) has two raking struts to collar and a clasped purlin.
This building is traditionally said to be the original Bewdley Town Hall,
but the structural evidence suggests it was an ordinary late medieval house.
(VCH 4, p 304).
Listing NGR: SO7802775040
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 156936
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Doubleday, AH, Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Worcester, (1924), 304
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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