Description

1. HOLT SHIREHALL PLAIN
5320 The Shirehall

TG0738NE 4/107 11/5/78

II GV

2.
C18 rebuilding of medieval com market and toll house. The ground floor retains a
chamfered timber post with carved stops on a stone base supporting a large chamfered
beam. A second stone base is re-used as a mounting block near the main doorway. The
courtroom on the first floor has a segmental barrel-vaulted ceiling. A classical
building with rendered brick walls with quoins at the angles and a a pantiled roof
with a parapetted gable ends. Two storeys. East front has round arched first floor
sash with rusticated surround in the gable and 2 ground floor sashes, all with glazing
bars. Two string courses. Additional bay on right (North) has round-arched
rusticated doorway with semi-circular fanlight over flat hood on shaped brackets, and
with flush-panelled door. The south side: 4 bays on 2 storeys, sashes with glazing
bars. Left hand ground floor windows replaced by 5 small modern windows.

Listing NGR: TG0780638799

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26462802

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Recommended Books

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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)