Rothwell Market House
ROTHWELL MARKET HOUSE, MARKET HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1288812
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Rothwell Market House
- Statutory Address:
- ROTHWELL MARKET HOUSE, MARKET HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1288812
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jun-1950
- List Entry Name:
- Rothwell Market House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROTHWELL MARKET HOUSE, MARKET HILL
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:
- ROTHWELL MARKET HOUSE, MARKET HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Northamptonshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Rothwell
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 81669 81209
Details
ROTHWELL MARKET HILL SP 8081-8181 9/78 Rothwell Market House 12.6.50 GV Market House. 1578. Built to the designs of William Grumbold for Sir Thomas Tresham. Completed for use as Council Chambers and Library, 1895, by J A Gotch, and restored 1913. Limestone ashlar with lead roof. Chamfered plinth, moulded sill band, first floor band with Latin inscription, parapet with frieze of shields. Pilasters in 2 orders, decorated with trefoils and heraldic devices. Single side wall stack. 2 storeys, the ground floor originally open. Rectangular plan with a 2- storey projecting square bay in the centre of each side, and a round stair turret at the south east corner. North front has a central doorway with fanlight and above it, tablet inscribed 'Urban Council Chamber'. Above again, a clock. On either side a round headed opening with C20 3- light wood mullioned and transomed windows. Above, 2 C16 4-light mullioned leaded casements. Similar south side has above the blocked doorway a crest and above it, a blank lozenge. On either side, round headed openings, that to left blocked, that to right glazed. Above, a 4- light and a 3-light mullioned window. The stair turret has, above, a 3- light and a 2-light mullioned window. East side has a round headed opening to the right with a part-glazed C20 infilling panel and a 4- centred arched door. Above, a 4-light mullioned window. West side has a central round headed opening with a 3-light mullioned and transomed window. Over it, a square blank panel. Above, a 4-light mullioned window.
Listing NGR: SP8166981209
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 398698
- 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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