Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 196 - ASSEMBLY HALL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1939 to 1939

Location

Grid reference TQ 5853 3947 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TUNBRIDGE WELLS CRESCENT ROAD TQ5839SE 7/10006 Assembly Hall GV II Assembly Hall. Built 1939 by Percy Thomas and Ernest Prestwich after a competition in 1934 to design a complete set of municipal buildings. Moderne" details. Brown brick with stone coping and band with "ASSEMBLY HALL". Five bays. Front 3 bays project with 3 narrow windows with 6 vertical metal panes with lotus motif. Above are sculptural stone panels of female figures in classical dress depicting Dancing, Drama and Music. End bays have smaller casements with 6 vertical panes. Ground floor has five double doors with flat canopy above ramped up at the sides with globular lamps on rounded plinths. The foyer has black full-height columns with gold mosaics and stylised Greek key design decoration. Staircases with metal handrail and marble floor. Auditorium has original proscenium with rectangular motif decorations and similar decorations to ceiling of hall. Walnut dado panelling. Balcony.
Listing NGR: TQ5852339472


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