The Town Hall (Barclays Bank)

THE TOWN HALL (BARCLAYS BANK), MARKET PLACE

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1327585
Date first listed:
09-Oct-1987
Statutory Address:
THE TOWN HALL (BARCLAYS BANK), MARKET PLACE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1327585
Date first listed:
09-Oct-1987
Statutory Address 1:
THE TOWN HALL (BARCLAYS BANK), MARKET PLACE

Location

Statutory Address:
THE TOWN HALL (BARCLAYS BANK), MARKET PLACE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Marazion
National Grid Reference:
SW 51876 30618

Details

MARAZION MARKET PLACE, Marazion SW 5130 4/20 The Town Hall (Barclays Bank), formerly St Thomas? Hall

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Town hall, now used as bank. 1871. Roughly coursed granite rubble with dressed granite plinth, rusticated quoins and jambstones, string and other architectural features. Dry Delabole slate roof except for roofs over the entrance front which are lead. Plan: rectangular plan end on to the street with a square clock tower at the street end flanked by round turrets in the angle between the clock tower and the main block. Entrance (possibly former lock-up) to bottom of tower and main entrance to former first floor council chamber up segmental-on-plan steps to doorway in right-hand turret. Chateau style. Exterior : 2 storeys. Nearly symmetrical l:l:l-bay entrance front: projecting tall square clock tower to middle flanked by lower round turrets. Plinth, string under first floor sills and moulded eaves cornices. The clock tower has doorway with original heavy door, outer wrought iron gate and hipped hood on brackets over; above the door a blind traceried niche with hoodmould continuing as string and 2 trefoils under the eaves. Steep sprocketted lead roof with clock face to each side and iron balustrade with fleur-de-lys detail round square flat and weather vane over middle. The turrets are similar except that the right hand turret has a doorway with steps: cruciform bowed windows and conical sprocketted lead roofs with finials. The side wall, right, is blind except for ground and first floor windows towards the front. The left hand side wall, formerly a 5 window front but now with doorway to first floor left. Wide ground floor doorway with original overlight in fourth from left bay.

Listing NGR: SW5187630618

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69926
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