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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


photograph
BZI35.jpg (taken 20.9.2013)  
photograph
BZI36.jpg  Plaque, 1790.
(taken 20.9.2013)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Lan 5 2) 
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"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Hawkshead Town Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HAWKSHEAD TOWN HALL / / THE SQUARE / HAWKSHEAD / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76871 / SD3520398110"
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."


photograph
BZI37.jpg  Plaque, 1887.
(taken 20.9.2013)  

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