Description

ST MARY'S GATE 1. 5170 (North Side) County Hall SK 3536 SW 1/247 SK 3536 NW 2/247 SK 3436 NE 3/247 SK 3436 SE 4/247 20.6.52. 1 GV

2. 1660. Fine facade set back from street at rear of cour d'honneur. Classical style. Stone; single-storeyed facade; 3 large round-headed windows with stone mullioned rectangular frames; pilasters between windows and Tuscan columns at corners; 2 splendid stone doorcases surmounted by entablatures with segmental pediments and each within voluted broken pediment, semi-circular arched doorways and multi-panelled divided doors, stylobate of 4 - steps; and moulded eaves cornice surmounted by an open balustrade; hipped slate roof. Interior: Plain Court Room (now the Crown Court) containing monument to F N Clarage Mundy, with bust, by Chantrey, 1820. Believed to be the setting of Betty Sorrel's trial in George Elliot's novel "Adam Bede".

Nos 10, 11 and 11A,Former Rural District Council Offices, No 18, Country Hall, forecourt wall, gate piers, gates and railings of County Hall and Police Station form a

Listing NGR: SK3501236482

External Links

• County Hall at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17528548

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings