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Town Hall

A Grade II Listed Building in Bingley, Bradford

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.8285 / 53°49'42"N

Longitude: -1.8219 / 1°49'19"W

OS Eastings: 411816

OS Northings: 436929

OS Grid: SE118369

Mapcode National: GBR J25.D4

Mapcode Global: WHC97.Z1KB

Plus Code: 9C5WR5HH+96

Entry Name: Town Hall

Listing Date: 30 April 1982

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1314305

English Heritage Legacy ID: 337970

ID on this website: 101314305

Location: Cottingley Bar, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD16

County: Bradford

Civil Parish: Bingley

Built-Up Area: Bingley

Traditional County: Yorkshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Yorkshire

Church of England Parish: Cottingley St Michael and All Angels

Church of England Diocese: Leeds

Tagged with: City hall Seat of local government

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Description


SE13NW BINGLEY MAIN STREET
(south side)
Cottingley

6/119 Town Hall
30.4.82
II

Built as non-denominational chapel and town hall combined. c1864.
Dressed stone, Welsh blue-slate roof. 2 storey, town hall with
chapel behind. 3-bay symmetrical facade. Central bay breaking
forward. Plinth. 1st-floor sill band. Doorway has pilasters
with panelled spandrels to fan-light arch and cornice over on
elongated consoles. Flanking windows have cornices on console
brackets. lst-floor has central round-arched window, the flanking
windows have stilted archivolts with keystones. Dentilled cornice
with break to middle bay which is flanked by pairs of consoles with
front rising above break to volute-supported clock face with curved
cornice surmounted by bellcote. Hipped roof. Left and right return
walls of 5 bays. 1st bay has 2-light window with single light above.
Other bays set back from chapel with 4 bays of tall round-headed
windows with archivolts on consoles,intersecting glazing bars to
heads (5th bay blind). Dentilled cornice with lateral stack.
Ventilator on ridge.


Listing NGR: SE1181636929

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