Description

STOKE ON TRENT

SJ8645 GLEBE STREET
613-1/9/130 (North West side)
19/04/72 Town Hall, Jubilee Hall and Kings
Hall
(Formerly Listed as:
GLEBE STREET
Town Hall)

GV II

Town Hall. Central block of 1834, north wing added in 1842,
south wing some time after 1850. Central block by Henry Ward.
Ashlar faced, flat-roofed.
2-storeyed, 5 bays, the outer and central sections of 3 & 5
bays, advanced. Central section forms entrance portico with 3
archways to ground floor beneath Ionic columns carrying deep
entablature and elevated pediment. Windows with shouldered
architraves set behind these columns. Outer bays also
pedimented, with Ionic pilasters to first floor,
segmentally-arched windows below. These sections are linked by
flanking blocks of 5 bays, with segmentally-arched windows.
Rusticated basement storey throughout, with ashlar above.
Balustrade runs along front, over cellar area.
Return elevation to Kingsway of 3 bays with heavy broken
entablature to central doorway which has architrave with Ionic
shafts banded with rusticated blocks. One bay recessed beyond
contains archway to rear yard, with heavy volute and swags
over, and open peristyle with Ionic columns above. Adjoining
to the SW, Kings Hall and Jubilee Hall were added in 1911, by
T.Wallis and J.A.Bowden.
2 storeys, 9 principal bays, the central 3 contained beneath a
pediment, and advanced slightly. Central door in heavy
surround beneath Ionic columns flanked by full-height
archways. Outer doorways enriched with heavy moulded
architrave and pediment. Detailing throughout is Mannerist in
inspiration: exaggerated detailing to doorways with heavy
volutes and swags, concave moulding around windows, broken
pediments. Long range links this entrance block with the Town
Hall, with oculi over doorways.
(The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Pugh R B:
Staffordshire: Oxford: 1963-).

Listing NGR: SJ8788645289

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Stoke-upon-Trent Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26585493

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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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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair