Description

EYE

TM1473 BROAD STREET
585-1/7/20 (West side)
20/10/71 Town Hall

II*

Town hall. 1857 by EB Lamb. Banded red and gault brick with
flint detailing of diamond and half-diamond lozenges arranged
randomly over entire wall surface. Slate and lead roofs.
Irregular plan.
2 storeys. West face with 5 tall round-headed casements with
glazing bars. Moulded brick and York stone parapet. Elevated
hipped roof. North and south returns both with one similar
casement and a pediment over parapet. East side with recessed
entrance developing into a two-stage tower with clock faces to
cardinal points and an open lantern on a domed lead roof.
INTERIOR: assembly room at ground floor under roof of arched
braces and king post trusses. Stone staircase leads to council
chamber at first floor: raised rectangular roof light. The
Town Hall is a very finely detailed eccentric design which
brilliantly takes advantage of the irregular site and
dominates the centre of Eye.

Listing NGR: TM1451273886

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17539734

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Recommended Books

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]