Council House
COUNCIL HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342665
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Council House
- Statutory Address:
- COUNCIL HOUSE, HIGH STREET
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1342665
- Date first listed:
- 29-Sept-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Council House
- Statutory Address 1:
- COUNCIL HOUSE, HIGH 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:
- COUNCIL HOUSE, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sandwell (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 02315 88112
Details
SANDWELL MB HIGH STREET SP 0288 SW Smethwick 20/95 Council House
GV II
Town Hall. 1905 - 7 by Fred J Gill (foundation stone). Yellow terra cotta and red brick with slate roof. A symmetrical composition of two storeys and 15 bays in a Baroque style, with cornice, balustrade, and chamfered quoins. The three central bays, the second, and the 14th all project. The outer projections have windows flanked by Ionic pilasters and have open segmental pediments. The ground floor windows of these bays have round heads; the upper ones have open pediments. The windows to the other bays have architraves with cornices and keystones. The upper ones have segmental heads. The central bays have engaged Ionic columns and a pediment. The ground floor windows have round heads. Above is a cupola with clock. The doorway has a round head. Interior: domed stair hall with Imperial stair with iron balusters.
Listing NGR: SP0231588112
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 219306
- 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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