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Latitude: 51.3721 / 51°22'19"N
Longitude: -0.0991 / 0°5'56"W
OS Eastings: 532413
OS Northings: 165390
OS Grid: TQ324653
Mapcode National: GBR GX.9PM
Mapcode Global: VHGRL.7RHZ
Plus Code: 9C3X9WC2+V9
Entry Name: Municipal Buildings, comprising the clock tower, public library, and Corn Exchange, and including the area balustrade which incorporates a war memorial and a statue of Queen Victoria
Listing Date: 19 November 1973
Last Amended: 18 April 1983
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1188798
English Heritage Legacy ID: 201217
Also known as: Statue of Queen Victoria, Croydon
ID on this website: 101188798
Location: Croydon, London, CR0
County: London
District: Croydon
Electoral Ward/Division: Fairfield
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Croydon
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Croydon
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Statue City hall Seat of local government
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KATHARINE STREET
Municipal Buildings, comprising the clock tower, public library, and Corn Exchange, and including the area balustrade which incorporates a war memorial and a statue of Queen Victoria
(Formerly listed under KATHERINE STREET)
19.11.73
GV
II
1892 to 1896. By Charles Henman Jnr. Complex of buildings of contrasting sizes, all in red brick with stone ornamentation. Slate roof. From east to west: town hall of two storeys with attic and basement; nine bays facing onto Katharine Street and five bays of a similar style facing onto Fell Street. Tall clock tower against south west return. To south and west again, the library, of one storey and attic and basement with steeply pitched roof and central turret. To north west, the Corn Exchange, a three storey, four bay structure with a two bay loggia above part of the external staircase. Area balustrade of stone in front of both the Town Hall and the Library, incorporating a war memorial before the western end of the Town Hall and a bronze statue to Queen Victoria opposite the centre bay of the Library.
Listing NGR: TQ3241465377
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 10 February 2017.
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