Description

LUTTERWORTH
HIGH STREET
SP5484
1323-0/9/81 (East side)
11/01/55 Town Hall
GV II

Town Hall. 1836 by John Aloysius Hansom in a Greek revival
style. Stuccoed and horizontally-rusticated on ground floor,
plain above. Platband over ground floor, and moulded cornice
to parapet hiding slate roof. Central projection with first
floor blind Ionic portico in antis carrying pediment. Three
recessed glazing bar sashes on ground floor, below spaces
between columns. Rounded wings with three arched windows,
coupled, on first floor with, to right, doubled half-glazed
doors below with transom-light over and single glazing bar
sash on ground floor to left. Lefthand return front
articulated with pilasters and further triple-arched window at
lefthand corner, matching that to right. Entrance below. An
ingenious ground plan designed to accommodate an awkward site.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N, Williamson E, Brandwood
G: Leicestershire and Rutland: London: 1984-: 301).

Listing NGR: SP5447084442

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Town Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26506160

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