Old Town Hall
OLD TOWN HALL, MARKET PLACE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1261706
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Old Town Hall
- Statutory Address:
- OLD TOWN HALL, MARKET PLACE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1261706
- Date first listed:
- 23-Feb-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Old Town Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- OLD TOWN HALL, 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:
- OLD TOWN HALL, MARKET PLACE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Whitby
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ 90004 11168
Details
1. 1811 MARKET PLACE
Old Town Hall NZ 9011 2/157 23.2.54.
II* GV
2. 1788. Jonathan Pickernell of Whitby, architect; built at the expense of Nathaniel Cholmley. 2 storeys, ashlar with open ground floor on pillars. North front with square rusticated angle piers and 2 Doric columns and attached half columns. Venetian windows and quoins to first floor. Oval plaque with date below window; pediment with shield of arms of Cholmley. Slate roof. South front similar but without plaque and with round window in tympanum. Sides with 3 double-hung sash windows. Rectangular clock turret with gilded figures and hands on all sides, cornice. Octagonal arcaded louvred domed bell-cote with gold ball and fish vane.
All the listed buildings in Market Place and Clothing Factory, Sandgate form a group.
Listing NGR: NZ9000411168
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 436829
- 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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