Town Hall, Hartlepool
Description: Town Hall
Grade: II
Date Listed: 17 December 1985
English Heritage Building ID: 432717
OS Grid Reference: NZ5079232652
OS Grid Coordinates: 450792, 532652
Latitude/Longitude: 54.6864, -1.2136
Location: Lauder Street, Hartlepool TS24 8AH
Locality: Hartlepool
Local Authority: Hartlepool
County: Durham
Country: England
Postcode: TS24 8AH
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Listing Text
HARTLEPOOL RABY ROAD
NZ 5032
(west side)
10/93 Town Hall
- II
Wrongly shown on O.S. plan as Hart Road. Municipal building, 1897 dated on
plaque above door; by H.A. Cheers. Red engineering brick with sandstone
ashlar dressings; Lakeland slate roof with copper dome. Long cruciform
building with symmetrical gabled end to road. Gothic style with much
carving. Main range 2 tall storeys, one wide bay between narrow octagonal
battlemented turrets with small spires. Projecting battlemented porch whose
gabled pilasters frame a multi-moulded 4-centred-arched entrance with carved
spandrels. Wrought iron screen gates; panelled doors and traceried
overlight. Large 5-light traceried window above. Pointed-arched tympanum
carved with County Borough arms. Bands and strings, set closely in shaped
gable with griffin finials. Battlemented aisles have canted angles below
short, shaped spires with fancy copper finials. Pointed-arched entrances
also canted. Small extruded chambers between aisles and hall, hall and
porch. Steeply-pitched roof has square, louvred wood bellcote with ogee
dome and finial. Returns show transept-like projections with paired gables;
similar style. Plainer rear extension for educational purposes.
Listing NGR: NZ5079232652
Source: English Heritage
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