Description

SU6894
6/185
18/07/63

WATLINGTON
HIGH STREET
(South side)
Town Hall

GV
II*

Town hall. Built 1665 for Thomas Stonor. Later C17/early C18 one-bay extension
to rear right. Random bond brick; old tile roof; brick stack. Original T-plan
now L-plan with short rear wing to right of front. Two storeys and attic. Left
gable wall has hood-mould over toothed round-arch on moulded imposts.
First-floor 3-light brick-mullioned ovolo-moulded window with round-arched
central light; second floor has 2-light brick-mullioned ovolo-moulded window.
Similar right gable wall, rear left gable wall with clock on blocked window and
2-storey left side wall. All ground-floor entrances have C20 iron gates; moulded
string course and stepped eaves course to original 1665 building. Gabled roof;
ridge stack; bell cupola with weathercock on hipped roof. Interior not
inspected: the first floor was used by the Watlington Free Grammar School, and
the partly-open ground floor as a market.
(Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, p.830; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.IIIII,
p.212).

Listing NGR: SU6897294491

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17549582

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Recommended Books

• 
  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
• 
  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback