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TL8783
617-1/6/104

THETFORD
MARKET PLACE (south side)
Former Mechanics Institute
Royal British Legion

(Formerly listed as Tipsy Toad Wine Bar, MARKET PLACE, previously listed as: Guildhall and Library, MARKET PLACE)

10/03/71

GV
II
Thetford mechanics' institute, then public library, wine bar at time of listing 1887. Gault brick under slate roof. One storey. Five bays to Market Place, each bay separated by Tuscan pilasters or columns of rendered brick. The columns frame the central half-glazed double-leaf doors under a round arch. Two round-headed C20 plate-glass windows right and left. Rendered entablature and parapet. Tall central three bay gable with a recessed panel containing a cartouche flanked by a niche right and left. Gabled roofs. To right is a two bay link attaching to Guildhall (qv) with a round-headed sash with 6/6 glazing bars and a round-headed doorway.

INTERIOR not inspected.

Listing NGR: TL8719083000

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Recommended Books

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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)