The Town Hall
THE TOWN HALL, WALLISCOTE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1138148
- Date first listed:
- 19-May-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Town Hall
- Statutory Address:
- THE TOWN HALL, WALLISCOTE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1138148
- Date first listed:
- 19-May-1983
- List Entry Name:
- The Town Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE TOWN HALL, WALLISCOTE ROAD
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 TOWN HALL, WALLISCOTE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Weston-Super-Mare
- National Grid Reference:
- ST3208561213
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 14/11/2017
ST 3261 SW 11/57
WALLISCOTE ROAD
The Town Hall
GV
II
Begun late 1850s by James Wilson of Bath; extended and enlarged 1897 by Hans Price; north front 1927. Ashlar, slate roof. Walliscote Road elevation: (except end three windows which are the return of the Oxford Street elevation) 1897. Asymmetrical composition. Tall, set-back square clock tower, rubble with bands of ashlar ending in elaborate two-stage roof. Main entrance block has advanced central section with arcaded porte-cochere; gabled upper section with corner pilasters, carved finials: central group of four round arched windows flanked by columns. To either side, three round-headed windows. Balustraded parapet. At south, wing breaks forward. Two storeys and attic. Eight round-headed windows. Gabled central dormer with pediment and oculus. Doorway framed by aedicule with open segmental pediment. Oxford Street elevation: 1927. Symmetrical classical block nine windows, glazing bar sashes in deep reveals. End pavilions advanced with rusticated pilaster strips and ground floor windows in aedicules with pediment. Recessed central window with Ionic columns, balcony. Cornice and parapet.
Listing NGR: ST3208561213
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 33260
- 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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