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Name:SHIRE HALL, St Paul's Square
HER No.:1225
Type of Record:Listed Building

Summary

Council premises, built 1879-1881, extended 1910 and 1926.

Grid Reference:TL 049 496
Parish:BEDFORD, BEDFORD BOROUGH, BEDFORDSHIRE
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Full Description

1879/81 by Alfred Waterhouse. Red brick dressed with red terracotta. Pointed arched porch, mullion and transom windows, roof gables. River façade duplicated to right circa 1926. East extension 1910 by Charles Holden containing offices and polygonal council chamber. Brick with flush ashlar dressings

A Site Diary with Observations was provided detailing boreholes excavated in February and March 2005. There is no location plan and no details of who carried out these works or who wrote the Site Diary and Observations.

Protected Status: None recorded

Monument Type(s):

  • BUILDING (BDG DETAIL:CHIMNEY(UNUSUAL), Victorian - 1879 AD to 1881 AD)
  • BUILDING (BDG DETAIL:GOTHIC, Victorian - 1879 AD to 1881 AD)
  • TOWN HALL (Victorian to Modern - 1879 AD to 2050 AD)

Associated Finds: None recorded

Associated Events: None recorded