Description

NY 01 NW CLEATOR MOOR MARKET PLACE (North
end) Cleator Moor

5/16 Local Government
Offices
6.12.73 (formerly listed as
Old Library)

G.V. II

Local Government Offices, incorporating Public Offices/Market Hall (facing High
Street) erected 1879, and Free Library (facing Jacktrees Road) established
1894. The former of coursed, squared rubble on chamfered plinth; rough-dressed
except for architraves and carved details. Strings, and eaves cornice;
pilasters terminate in eaves band. Hipped, graduated slate roof with corniced
stone chimneys and moulded cast-iron gutter. Symmetrical; single tall storey
with cellars, 5 bays. Dog-leg steps up to central panelled door and
semicircular fanlight in architrave with diapered soffit; cast-iron lamp bracket
above. Doorcase has polished granite columns carrying pediment. 2 tall sashes
in architraves to either side, with panel below sill; blocked 2-light mullioned
windows to cellar. Free Library similar construction and articulation but less
decorative; FREE LIBRARY carved in sans-serif on frieze.

Listing NGR: NY0195315049

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26378259

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Recommended Books

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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014