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Latitude: 52.413 / 52°24'46"N
Longitude: 0.7505 / 0°45'1"E
OS Eastings: 587167
OS Northings: 282998
OS Grid: TL871829
Mapcode National: GBR RD7.QL6
Mapcode Global: VHKCC.YMN2
Plus Code: 9F42CQ72+56
Entry Name: Guildhall
Listing Date: 10 March 1971
Last Amended: 1 December 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1207867
English Heritage Legacy ID: 384770
ID on this website: 101207867
Location: Thetford, Breckland, Norfolk, IP24
County: Norfolk
District: Breckland
Civil Parish: Thetford
Built-Up Area: Thetford
Traditional County: Norfolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk
Church of England Parish: Thetford St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Norwich
Tagged with: City hall Seat of local government
THETFORD
TL8783 MARKET PLACE
617-1/6/101 (South West side)
10/03/71 Guildhall
(Formerly Listed as:
MARKET PLACE
(South West side)
Guildhall and Library)
GV II
Guildhall. 1901. By HJ Green. Gault brick with stone
dressings. Slate roofs. L-shaped plan. 2 storeys and dormer
attic. South front of bar of L consists of 5 bays of Venetian
windows at first floor divided into 1-3-1 bays by pilasters.
Rusticated quoins. Gabled roof with central polygonal cupola
to east of a ridge stack. Stem of L faces Market Place and at
entrant angle between the 2 wings is a convex projecting
entrance porch with a round arch. One bay left and 3 bays
right have round-headed sashes, the bays marked by engaged
Tuscan columns. The stem has 3 big gables (one to each side)
with Venetian windows and a central polygonal cupola mounted
on a square plinth with a clock. Gabled roofs. INTERIOR:
entrance leads to hallway with staircase at end: closed
string, turned balusters, ramped moulded handrail and square
newels. Right and left are courtrooms. Large Court to south
with 4-centred barrel-vaulted ceiling. East wall with niche
under a swan-necked pediment containing a Coade stone statue
of Justice. Small Court to north with panelled bench intact.
Main upper room has a groin-vaulted roof and is lit by
Venetian windows on 3 sides. King-post roof construction.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: North-west and South
Norfolk: Harmondsworth: 1962-: 341-347).
Listing NGR: TL8716782998
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