Market Hall, Front Steps and Attached Railings
MARKET HALL, FRONT STEPS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1365984
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Market Hall, Front Steps and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- MARKET HALL, FRONT STEPS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1365984
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1996
- List Entry Name:
- Market Hall, Front Steps and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- MARKET HALL, FRONT STEPS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 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:
- MARKET HALL, FRONT STEPS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Saxmundham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 38648 63142
Details
SAXMUNDHAM
TM3863 HIGH STREET 841-1/3/23 (West side) Market Hall, front steps and attached railings
GV II
Corn Hall, now indoor market. 1836 restored 1992. By Robert Appleton. Stuccoed brick: roof not visible. EXTERIOR: single-storey 3-bay front recessed between flanking screen walls, 1-bay to left, 2 bays to right. Bays are defined by arcades of round arches on plain pilasters with imposts, those to screen walls blind. Double-leaf door under projecting flat hood with 6-pane overlight and circular clock face above recessed beneath central arch. Side arches have bottom-hung casements with glazing bars. Arch spandrels contain stucco laurel wreaths. Full width moulded cornice and low parapet surmounted in the centre by segment-headed panel containing a coat of arms and the motto: 'Dieu et ma Patrie'. Flanking screen walls mask Nos 25 & 27 High Street (qv) to left and the Bell Hotel, No.31 High Street (qv) to right. Shallow flight of steps with curving balustrade of stick railings leads to main door. INTERIOR: simple open hall without decoration. C20 suspended ceiling. (Brown C: Dictionary of Architects of Suffolk Buildings 1800-1914: Ipswich: 1991-: 29; BOE: Pevsner N: Suffolk, 2nd Edition: Harmondsworth: 1974-: 413).
Listing NGR: TM3864863142
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 462146
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Brown, , Kindred, , Dictionary of Architects of Suffolk Buildings 1800-1914, (1991), 29
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Suffolk, (1974), 413
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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