Guildhall and Associated Caves
GUILDHALL AND ASSOCIATED CAVES, BURTON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246296
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Guildhall and Associated Caves
- Statutory Address:
- GUILDHALL AND ASSOCIATED CAVES, BURTON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246296
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Guildhall and Associated Caves
- Statutory Address 1:
- GUILDHALL AND ASSOCIATED CAVES, BURTON STREET
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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:
- GUILDHALL AND ASSOCIATED CAVES, BURTON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 57154 40230
Details
NOTTINGHAM
SK5740SW BURTON STREET 646-1/14/65 (North side) 12/07/72 Guildhall and associated caves (Formerly Listed as: BURTON STREET Guildhall)
GV II
City guildhall, now housing city offices and magistrates' courts, and associated caves. 1887-88. By Verity & Hunt of London. Altered mid C20. Darley Dale ashlar and brick, with Westmorland slate roofs and corniced ridge stacks. French Renaissance Revival style. EXTERIOR: rusticated ground floor, dentillated main cornice, eaves cornice and parapet with pedestals. Windows are plain sashes and casements, mainly with stone mullions. 2 storeys plus basement and attics; 5 x 5 bays. Corner site with main entrance and return fronts. Entrance front has a projecting centre, and projecting end pavilions with pyramidal roofs. Portico, 3 bays, with Doric columns, rusticated piers, and balustrade with pedestals. Above, 3 tripartite windows with Ionic columns in antis, and above again, 3 smaller tripartite windows. Central dormer with round window, and pediment with sculpture. Side bays have 2 windows, the first floor round-arched and divided by pilasters. Area wall with cast-iron bollards and chains. Pavilions have tripartite windows on each floor, and pedimented single dormers. Left return front, similar design, has pedimented centre with first floor Ionic portico, and 3 windows in the side bays. At the rear, a square tower, 5 stages, with round-arched bell openings and balustrade. INTERIOR: largely original, has foyer with Doric columns, segment-arched openings, and enriched cross-beam ceiling. Central doorway flanked by double columns, with pedimented doorcase and bust. At each end, a colonnade and steps up to a stairwell with enriched cornices and stone cantilevered open well stair. On the first floor, 2 courts, largely original, with inserted ceilings. Original wall panelling and fittings including balustraded wooden gallery for grand jury. Court 6, much altered, has plaster wall panels and pilasters, and a panelled round-arched recess containing the dock. Office ranges have moulded cornices, fielded panelled doors and corniced doorcases. Cave system, reached by a stone open well stair, is on 2 levels. Brick lined passages and cells. Extensively modified during World War II for use as emergency headquarters and air raid shelters. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 238; Reprint from The Mercian Geologist, Vol. 13, Sept. 1992: Waltham AC: The sandstone caves of Nottingham: Nottingham: 1992-: 21).
Listing NGR: SK5715440230
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 454873
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, (1979), 238
The Mercian Geologist in The Mercian Geologist, (1992), 21
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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