Description

ST 9063 MELKSHAM MARKET PLACE
(west side)

7/132 No 31

GV II

Fire brigade headquarters, now offices, with attached garage to
rear. 1847. Ashlar, Welsh slate roof with coped verges and ashlar
stacks with moulded capping. 2 storeys, 6 windows. Symmetrical
front divided vertically by 4 pilasters, central tall round-arched
opening with 6-panelled beaded door and fanlight, either side are
two tall round-arched openings with imposts and 8-pane sashes;
imposts form string course. First floor has two tall round-arched
sashes to each of three bays. Plain frieze, cornice and blocking
course. To left is wide ashlar round-arch with imposts connecting
to No 31 to Town Hall (q.v.) and forming entry to garage behind,
double doors in semi-elliptical arched opening. To rear is 2-
storey ashlar wing with 16-pane sashes. Group value with Town Hall

Listing NGR: ST9043563642

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26272598

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Recommended Books

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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)