The Council House
THE COUNCIL HOUSE, 2, NEW STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299626
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1984
- List Entry Name:
- The Council House
- Statutory Address:
- THE COUNCIL HOUSE, 2, NEW STREET
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- Date:
- 2003-04-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/10345/26
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1299626
- Date first listed:
- 30-Mar-1984
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 16-May-1988
- List Entry Name:
- The Council House
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE COUNCIL HOUSE, 2, NEW 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:
- THE COUNCIL HOUSE, 2, NEW STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Stratford-on-Avon (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Shipston on Stour
- National Grid Reference:
- SP2584740523
Details
SHIPSTON ON STOUR NEW STREET
SP2540 (West side)
14/117 No.2 (The Council House)
30/03/84 (Formerly listed as Old
Council Offices)
GV II
Public building, now offices. Late C19. Squared, coursed lias with quoins, with
ashlar bay to right. Storey band and coped parapet. Slate mansard roof. 2
storeys plus attic; 4-window range. Rectangular plan. In ashlar bay to right a
C19 plank door with fanlight in round-headed arch. Stone pilaster surround with
shallow flat hood. To 4 ground and first floor openings a 12-pane sash with
quoined surround. 3 round-headed dormers behind parapet. Right gable end has
round-headed sash flanked by blind round-headed openings with 4 stone Doric
pilasters between and on either side of windows, with large tripartite sash to
first floor with scroll surround and moulded entablature. Round-headed dormer
above with moulded stone surround and ball finial. Rubble bay to right has plank
door with tall overlight and quoined surround with 12-pane sash above. Interior
not inspected.
Listing NGR: SP2584740523
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 306483
- 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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