Town Hall and Market Hall With Attached Railings and Piers
TOWN HALL AND MARKET HALL WITH ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, 5-23, HIGH STREET WEST
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384269
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Town Hall and Market Hall With Attached Railings and Piers
- Statutory Address:
- TOWN HALL AND MARKET HALL WITH ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, 5-23, HIGH STREET WEST
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384269
- Date first listed:
- 04-Dec-1958
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 22-May-2000
- List Entry Name:
- Town Hall and Market Hall With Attached Railings and Piers
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWN HALL AND MARKET HALL WITH ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, 5-23, HIGH STREET WEST
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:
- TOWN HALL AND MARKET HALL WITH ATTACHED RAILINGS AND PIERS, 5-23, HIGH STREET WEST
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- High Peak (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 03434 94021
Details
GLOSSOP
SK0394 HIGH STREET WEST
921-1/10/16 (South side)
04/12/58 Nos.5-23 (Odd)
Town Hall and Market Hall, with
attached railings and piers
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET WEST
(South side)
Town Hall with Market Hall,
Municipal Buildings and Nos.5-23
(odd))
GV II
Town hall, market hall and municipal buildings, 1838, 1845,
1897 and 1923. By Weightman and Hadfield for the 12th Duke of
Norfolk. Ashlar millstone grit with ashlar dressings. Panelled
stacks and slate roof.
STYLE: Classical.
PLAN: T-plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storey. North front has 25 windows arranged
3:8:1:5:1:8:2. Central, taller town hall block has 7 windows
arranged 1:5:1. Ground floor has vermiculated rustication and
central 5 bay open arcade with round arches and Tuscan Doric
columns, flanked by single doorways with double doors and
moulded ashlar surrounds and bracketed hoods. Above 5 round
headed sashes with margin light glazing and bracketed cornice,
flanked by single similar windows with glazing bar casements.
Above square clock turret, 1897, topped with circular cupola.
Side wings, have 4 shops to each side mostly with C20 shop
fronts, Nos 7 and 17 retain original shop fronts with console
brackets and fascia boards, above 2 windows to each shop
divided by plain pilasters. End block to right 2 windows and 3
storeys with curved corner, with 2 shops divided by plain
pilasters that continue to upper floors.
Municipal offices, south front, has 11 windows arranged 3:5:3.
Recessed 5 window centre has central doorway with overlight
and single flanking sashes set back behind 2 Tuscan Doric
columns in antis with single flanking sashes between similar
pilasters. Above 5 sashes topped by parapet with Vitruvian
scroll motif stepped to ends. Projecting 3 window gabled wings
with overhanging eaves and rusticated vermiculated quoins.
Central 2 storey panels with rusticated vermiculated surrounds
and paired sashes to each floor, either side single sashes to
each floor. All windows have glazing bar sashes.
Left and right returns have 2 storey 6 and 4 window facades
and beyond 7 tall round headed windows to market hall, central
opening to left return has tall rusticated vermiculated door
surround.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: included in this listing are the iron
railings and boundary piers to the Market Ground.
The original Town Hall design included lock-up prison with 4
cells.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire:
Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 219; Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson
(Architects): 150 Years of Architects Drawings- Hadfield:
Sheffield: 1834-1984).
Listing NGR: SK0343494021
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484703
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Derbyshire, (1953), 219
Hadfield, Cawkwell, Davidson, , 150 Years of Architectural Drawing, (1984)
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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