Description

TQ5833NW TUNBRIDGE WELLS MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD
Town Hall
7/10004
GV II

Town Hall. Built in 1939, one of a series of linked municipal buildings designed by Percy Thomas
and Ernest Prestwich after a competition in 1934. Neo-Georgian with "Moderne" details. Brown
brick in Flemish bond with Portland stone dressings, band below cornice and band above plinth.
Flat roof. Symmetrical building of 2 storeys of splayed shape. Centre has 3 bays. Centre has raised
parapet with shield and the motto "Do well Doubt not", flanked by giant pilasters and giant
round-headed window with balcony and stone architrave with double doors. Two flights of stone
steps with circular planters by doorcase and rectangular planters by steps. One 20-pane sash on each
side. Seven sashes to right side elevation and 12 to left. Interior has marble staircase of white marble
with black marble plinth and coping. Giant stylised pilasters and gilded stylised Greek Key
decoration to cornice. Original circular and half-cylindrical light fittings. Council Chamber has
Greek Key design to ceiling and balcony. Domed vestibule.

Listing NGR: TQ5849739510

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Tunbridge Wells Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26556131

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5