NHER 41169 (Building record) - Town Hall, Market Place

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Summary

The town hall was built in 1856. The red brick building with a slate mansard roof has one storey with a basement and two two storey side wings. The central block is symmetrical with four side windows. The central advanced entrance has a pediment surrounding an Ionic columned door with a segmental pediment. The building was extended in 1892, completing the demolition of the bow fronted house that formerly occupied the site.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1306405: TOWN HALL

Location

Map sheet	TG12NE
Civil Parish	AYLSHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

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Town Hall, Market Place.

June 1984. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Dated 1856 on foundation stone. Red brick, slate mansard roof. One storey with basement, two storey side wings. Central block has symmetrical facade with four sash windows. Cambered rubbed brick arches with keystones. Rusticated brick corner pilasters and oversailing eaves courses. Central advanced entrance bay with pediment…Stone plinth. Moulded and dentilled eaves course. Parapetted gables with stone copings...Rusticated brick corner pilasters on side wings. Two chimney stacks."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 June 2021.

(S2) notes that the building has a remarkably fine queenpost roof and that it was extended to the west in 1892. (S3) and (S4) well shows this development, the first shows the bow fronted house that formerly occupied the site, the second shows this house half demolished for the 1856 building; the 1892 extension removed it altogether.
E. Rose (NLA), 15 February 2005.

Associated Sources (5)

--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 367.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1306405.
<S3> SNF55596 Photograph: pre 1856. [unknown].
<S4> SNF55597 Photograph: 1857-92. [unknown].

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

TOWN HALL (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Aylsham (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Jun 17 2021 11:58AM