Old Town Hall

OLD TOWN HALL, HORSEMARKET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1121276
Date first listed:
06-Sept-1977
Statutory Address:
OLD TOWN HALL, HORSEMARKET
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Date:
1999-08-22
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1121276
Date first listed:
06-Sept-1977
Statutory Address 1:
OLD TOWN HALL, HORSEMARKET

Location

Statutory Address:
OLD TOWN HALL, HORSEMARKET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Darlington (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
NZ 28885 14432

Details

HORSEMARKET 1. 5195 Old Town Hall NZ 2814 SE 8/406

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2. 1863-4 by Alfred Waterhouse. Adjacent to Market Building, South end. Two storeys and attic, 5 windows. Pale yellowish brick with stone dressings and diagonal brick eaves cornices. Very high pitched slated roof with end chimneys and tall, spiky dormers. Mullioned and transomed windows. Pointed arched central entrance below canted bay projection with tall, half-octagonal hipped roof and a cast iron ornamental balcony on heavy stone brackets, similar to tower. Whole ground floor projects slightly under a pent roof. Single-storey east extension in same style.

Listing NGR: NZ2888514432

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