Old Town Hall England, UK

Listed Building Description

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Old Town Hall NZ 9011 2/157 23.2.54.

II* GV

1. Jonathan Pickernell of Whitby, architect; built at the expense of Nathaniel Cholmley. 2 storeys, ashlar with open ground floor on pillars. North front with square rusticated angle piers and 2 Doric columns and attached half columns. Venetian windows and quoins to first floor. Oval plaque with date below window; pediment with shield of arms of Cholmley. Slate roof. South front similar but without plaque and with round window in tympanum. Sides with 3 double-hung sash windows. Rectangular clock turret with gilded figures and hands on all sides, cornice. Octagonal arcaded louvred domed bell-cote with gold ball and fish vane.

All the listed buildings in Market Place and Clothing Factory, Sandgate form a group.

Listing NGR: NZ9000411168