Corn Hall Buildings
CORN HALL BUILDINGS, 26, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187501
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Corn Hall Buildings
- Statutory Address:
- CORN HALL BUILDINGS, 26, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1187501
- Date first listed:
- 23-Jul-1971
- List Entry Name:
- Corn Hall Buildings
- Statutory Address 1:
- CORN HALL BUILDINGS, 26, MARKET PLACE
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:
- CORN HALL BUILDINGS, 26, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Cotswold (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Cirencester
- National Grid Reference:
- SP0237502018
Details
CIRENCESTER
SP0202 MARKET PLACE
578-1/4/237 (South side)
23/07/71 No.26
Corn Hall Buildings
GV II
Corn Hall, now offices and exhibition hall. 1862. By Medland,
Maberly and Medland. Limestone ashlar; parapeted roof, roof
covering not visible; ashlar right-end stack with moulded top.
3 storeys and cellar; 5-window range. First floor has five
2/2-pane horned sashes in moulded stone surrounds with
pilasters to left and right with carved lead capitals,
round-headed architraves over with keystones in the form of
carved heads enclose carved panels symbolising music, trade,
agriculture and the arts with a phoenix over centre window;
carvings said to be by Forsyth. Second floor has 5 similar
sashes with segmental heads in shouldered architraves with
keystones. Ground floor has 4 plate glass triple sashes with
segmental heads divided by timber mullions, with architraves
with waterleaf enrichment to outer moulding and keystones in
the form of carved heads forming hoods over windows and
springing from squat pilasters with leaf capitals as applied
arcade to ground floor of building.
To centre, similar triple pilasters support stone hood on
carved console brackets and with carved decoration in
spandrels of segmental opening with moulded stone architrave;
opening has pair of elaborate cast- and wrought-iron gates
with decoration including corn sheaves.
4 openings to cellar below ground floor windows are in plinth
with moulded top; frieze over ground floor; moulded cill band
to first floor breaking forward to form hood of doorcase to
centre, with wrought-iron balconette with corn sheaf
decoration to first floor centre window; moulded cill band to
second floor windows; guilloche frieze; modillion eaves
cornice; balustraded parapet with 6 dies.
Hall attached to rear in coursed squared limestone; Welsh
slate roof with coped verges. 6 bays with offset buttresses,
plain unfenestrated walls, blocked oculus in gable wall
towards Market Place, remains of brick stack in one bay to
north-west. South-east side has two pairs of double doors, one
pair in arched opening with flush voussoirs and blocked
tympanum; this side accessible from West Way but building
otherwise largely enclosed and surrounded by adjacent King's
Head Hotel (qv).
INTERIOR of hall has exposed rubble walls above moulded timber
dado rail; mid C19 architraves; C20 wood strip floor, timber
panelling to end wall and suspended ceiling concealing
original 6-bay roof above original cornice; roof structure of
elliptical form with timber ribs, continuous central
clerestory and cast-iron openwork infill to apex of trusses.
Angled corridor from Market Place entrance has one elliptical
arch on heavy moulded console brackets; interior of front
range not inspected.
(The Buildings of England: Verey D: Gloucestershire: The
Cotswolds: London: 1970-: P.172; List of Buildings of Special
Architectural or Historic Interest: 1971-: P.95).
Listing NGR: SP0237502018
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 365373
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970), 172
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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