The Pepper Pot, Godalming
Description: The Pepper Pot
Grade: II
Date Listed: 18 December 1947
English Heritage Building ID: 291415
OS Grid Reference: SU9685443826
OS Grid Coordinates: 496854, 143826
Latitude/Longitude: 51.1855, -0.6156
Location: 11 Church Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1AQ
Locality: Godalming
Local Authority: Waverley
County: Surrey
Country: England
Postcode: GU7 1AQ
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Listing Text
GODALMING HIGH STREET
SU 9643 NE
(north side)
12/136
The Pepper Pot (formerly
18.12.47 listed as Town Hall)
GV
II
Former Town Hall. Dated 1814, by John Perry; stair tower added 1890s. Stuccoed
with Welsh slate roof. 2 storeys, the lower storey open. 3 x 3 bays, the
shorter sides canted and so forming elongated octagonal plan. South elevation:
projecting central bay. On ground floor, round-arched arcade with rusticated
columns on plinths, imposts and archivolts, the central arch larger. First
floor: band, broken in centre by date plaque; 3 sashes with glazing bars in
reveals with projecting sills, central sill moulded. Oversailing eaves to
octagonal roof. Central 2-stage tower with clock (by Richard Steadman of
Godalming) to metalled lower stage, and Tuscan-columned cupola above housing
bell and with dome surmounted by finial. Returns: ground floor arcades have
large central arches, that of left return with inserted 6-panel door and
fanlight with radial glazing bars; 1st floors have central sash with glazing
bars flanked by round-arched recesses. Rear: windows are all blind; on right,
added cantilevered stair-tower with rounded corner, strings, 6-pane window,
cornice, and flat roof.
Listing NGR: SU9685443826
Source: English Heritage
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