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| Hawkshead Town Hall, Hawkshead | ||
| Hawkshead Town Hall | ||
| Street:- | Square (The) | |
| locality:- | Hawkshead | |
| civil parish:- | Hawkshead (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | town hall | |
| locality type:- | village hall (?) | |
| coordinates:- | SD35209810 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD3598 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD39 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BZI35.jpg (taken 20.9.2013)  BZI36.jpg Plaque, 1790. (taken 20.9.2013) |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 2) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Town Hall" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Hawkshead Town Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "HAWKSHEAD TOWN HALL / / THE SQUARE / HAWKSHEAD / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76871 / SD3520398110" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Town Hall and house. 1790 enlarged 1887. Slate ground floor, roughcast 1st floor and hipped slate roofs. 2 storeys, 7 bays, the 1st 2 bays recessed and lower, the last 2 bays break back. Ground floor has elliptical-headed arches with impost bands, originally open, flat band over. Arches now infilled, with small-paned glazing, Y-tracery window to 1st bay, entrance to 3rd bay. 1st floor has sashed windows with glazing bars, those to 2nd to 7th bays are round-headed in round-headed recesses. 2 datestones recording building and extension. Left return has 2 round-headed windows and entrance; 1st floor Venetian window, sashed with glazing bars, most lights blocked. Right return has lean-to extension and small porch. 2 ventilators to roof ridge. Rear is set into hill. Central 3 bays form original building. 1st 2 bays form house." |
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 BZI37.jpg Plaque, 1887. (taken 20.9.2013) |
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