County Hall Main Entrance Block
COUNTY HALL MAIN ENTRANCE BLOCK, ST HELEN'S STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207685
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- County Hall Main Entrance Block
- Statutory Address:
- COUNTY HALL MAIN ENTRANCE BLOCK, ST HELEN'S STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207685
- Date first listed:
- 04-Aug-1972
- List Entry Name:
- County Hall Main Entrance Block
- Statutory Address 1:
- COUNTY HALL MAIN ENTRANCE BLOCK, ST HELEN'S 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:
- COUNTY HALL MAIN ENTRANCE BLOCK, ST HELEN'S STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Ipswich (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 16849 44528
Details
1. 1260 ST HELEN'S STREET (South Side)
County Hall Main entrance block TM 1644 NE 2/319
II
2. An early C19 grey gault brick building formerly the courthouse, now the Shire Hall. The C18 gaol stood at the rear (now demolished). It was designed by W McIntosh Brooks in 1836, in the Tudor style. Its powerful design well characterises its original purpose. The frontage is about 150 ft long, with a central entrance, block with twin castellated tower, castellated side wings and 2 slightly projecting end pavilions. The central entrance block has sham machicolations and a stone mullioned and transomed window, casements with glazing bars, in splayed stone reveals. The windows in the towers have stone hood moulds. A central entrance door has heavy double doors, each of 8 panels with a heavy portcullis grille above, set in a 4 centred moulded brick arch. The side wings are unfenestrated apart from 4 heavily barred windows low down in the east wing. The end pavilions have 4 centred arched windows with splayed stone reveals and hood moulds on the ground storey and stone mullioned and transomed windows with splayed stone reveals on the 1st storey. A moulded stone string course runs across the wings and end pavilions, with a central carved stone coat of arms in each wing. The front rises above a deep battered stone plinth. A shield above the entrance doors bears the date 1837.
Listing NGR: TM1684944528
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 275558
- 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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