Description

TIVERTON

SS9512 ANGEL HILL, Tiverton
848-1/6/109 The Town Hall
05/12/85

GV II

Town hall. 1862-64 by H Lloyd of Bristol. Grey freestone with
sandstone dressings, marble columns and ornamental slate
roofs.
STYLE: Eclectic Free Renaissance.
PLAN: asymmetrical.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Grand, richly-detailed, asymmetrical
front elevation with a 2 storey canted entrance bay to the
right rising as a polygonal turret with a steep polygonal
slated roof.
A second, square turret at the extreme left is set back from
the entrance and has a plainer steep roof; between the turrets
the front elevation is stepped back in two bays with
semicircular corners with a similar bay to the right of the
entrance giving a bow to the Angel Hill facade. The entrance
bay is divided by two tiers of marble columns with Corinthian
capitals with a segmental pediment at first-floor level.
The round-headed doorway has a carved head keystone, the
windows are round-headed with keystones and eared lugged
architraves.
The turret has paired round-headed windows with keystones and
a central clock below a round-headed arch. The bays to left
and right of the entrance are heavily rusticated with
round-headed windows with keystones and eclectic detailing
including rusticated pilasters and a decorated parapet. The
left-hand turret has rusticated corner pilasters and blind
round-headed arches to the first and second floors. Both
turrets are crowned by small platforms with decorated iron
balustrades and weathervanes.
INTERIOR: considerable survival of original features including
the stair.
HISTORY: the architectural completion for the town hall
attracted 60 entries. The final cost of the building was
»8,000. (Cunningham). The town hall is on a prominent corner
site at the top of Angel Hill and adjacent to the Church of St
George (qv).
(Cunningham C: Victorian & Edwardian Town Halls: 1981-; The
Boulder: 1864-).

Listing NGR: SS9540212482

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Tiverton Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26664547

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Recommended Books

• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
• 
  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)