The Guildhall and Attached Boundary Wall to West
THE GUILDHALL AND ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST, VICTORIA ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218299
- Date first listed:
- 23-Oct-1972
- List Entry Name:
- The Guildhall and Attached Boundary Wall to West
- Statutory Address:
- THE GUILDHALL AND ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST, VICTORIA ROAD
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-07-19
- Reference:
- IOE01/04594/34
- Rights:
- © Mr Brian Head. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1218299
- Date first listed:
- 23-Oct-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 23-Feb-1994
- List Entry Name:
- The Guildhall and Attached Boundary Wall to West
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE GUILDHALL AND ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST, VICTORIA 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 GUILDHALL AND ATTACHED BOUNDARY WALL TO WEST, VICTORIA ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Devon
- District:
- South Hams (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dartmouth
- National Grid Reference:
- SX 87508 51296
Details
DARTMOUTH
SX874510 VICTORIA ROAD 673-1/8/281 (South side) 23/10/72 The Guildhall and attached boundary wall to west (Formerly Listed as: VICTORIA ROAD (South side) Guildhall)
GV II
Guildhall, now municipal offices, originally subscription rooms and school. Dated 1849. Local limestone rubble with Bathstone dressings; slate roof. EXTERIOR: Restrained Tudor style. 2 storeys. Main block has symmetrical 2:2:2-window front with an extra bay to left in taller block; all stone 3-light mullion-and-transom windows, now containing plate glass. Centre 2-window section breaks forward slightly to contain large central Tudor-arch doorway, with the date of 1849 carved onto a plaque directly above. First-floor windows now converted to doorways with upper lights retained as mullioned overlights, and secondary balcony shelters main doorway below. Gable over. Balcony and steps both sides have ornate cast-iron railings. String course at first-floor level interrupted by 2 large weathered buttresses each side. Main roof is gable-ended and steps up to a higher level over left end bay. Front and end gables with shaped kneelers and coping and 2 ventilators with small spires projecting through the ridge of the main block. Right end contains a first-floor 4-light window similar to those on the front. INTERIOR: Not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: A tall stone boundary wall extends westward from the right-hand end and includes a stone Tudor-arched doorway. This building is one of a good group of buildings dating from the second quarter of the C19 lining New Road (now Victoria Road), which was built in 1825 to enable, for the first time, horse-drawn carriages in and out of town.
Listing NGR: SX8750851296
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 387398
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 24-Jun-2026 at 08:02:03.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.