Description

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5191 SOUTH STREET

Town Hall
SY 4692 1/427 28.11.50.

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1786. Architect: William Tyler, one of the original 40 members of the R
A and architect of Dorset County Gaol. Mason: James Hamilton, architect of
St Mary's Church, Weymouth, the statue of George III on the Esplanade, and
the obelisk at Frampton.
Red brick. Ashlar plinth, strings, coping and parapet coping. 2 storeys.
Moulded eaves cornice and parapet. T-shaped plan. Arcaded ground floor on
north and west sides. Central 3 bays break forward, have rusticated ground
floor and are crowned by a pediment with an oculus in tympanum. 3 sashes
with glazing bars. Central window Venetian with sculpted apron displaying
Town Arms flanked by swags. Sides have 1 sash with glazing bars, flanked
by rubbed brick concave niches. Slate-hung clock turret. Domed lantern on
3 slender Tuscan columns C19 shell-shaped fountain on west side.

Listing NGR: SY4659192922

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Town Hall official website
• Wikidata Q17532979

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  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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