Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 187 - TOWN HALL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1939 to 1939

Location

Grid reference TQ 5849 3947 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TQ5833NW TUNBRIDGE WELLS MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD Town Hall 7/10004 GV II
Town Hall. Built in 1939, one of a series of linked municipal buildings designed by Percy Thomas and Ernest Prestwich after a competition in 1934. Neo-Georgian with "Moderne" details. Brown brick in Flemish bond with Portland stone dressings, band below cornice and band above plinth. Flat roof. Symmetrical building of 2 storeys of splayed shape. Centre has 3 bays. Centre has raised parapet with shield and the motto "Do well Doubt not", flanked by giant pilasters and giant round-headed window with balcony and stone architrave with double doors. Two flights of stone steps with circular planters by doorcase and rectangular planters by steps. One 20-pane sash on each side. Seven sashes to right side elevation and 12 to left. Interior has marble staircase of white marble with black marble plinth and coping. Giant stylised pilasters and gilded stylised Greek Key decoration to cornice. Original circular and half-cylindrical light fittings. Council Chamber has Greek Key design to ceiling and balcony. Domed vestibule.
Listing NGR: TQ5849739510


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM