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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.


Bedfordshire Magazine, Vol 12 No 89 1969 p 9-14 (Bibliographic reference). SBD10543.

Bedfordshire Times, 1/9/1988 (Newspaper Article). SBD10544.

HER Photograph Archive, 168 (Photograph). SBD10506.

HER Photograph Archive, F/181/6 (Photograph). SBD10506.

HER Photograph Archive, F1106/5 (Photograph). SBD10506.

HER Photograph Archive, F1106/7-8 (Photograph). SBD10506.

HER Photograph Archive, F568/0 (Photograph). SBD10506.

HER Photograph Archive, F568/2 (Photograph). SBD10506.

HER Photograph Archive, F977/30A (Photograph). SBD10506.

HER Slide Archive, 1256 (Slide). SBD10508.

HER Slide Archive, 1259 (Slide). SBD10508.

HER Slide Archive, 5274 (Slide). SBD10508.

HER Slide Archive, 6380 (Slide). SBD10508.

HER Slide Archive, 7390-7402 (Slide). SBD10508.

HER Slide Archive, 928 (Slide). SBD10508.

Unknown, Unknown, Site Diary for Borehole Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SBB11736.

1971, DoE Borough of North Beds 3rd List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 1/112 (Index). SBD11013.

R Wildman, 1974, Bygone Bedford, pl 28 (Bibliographic reference). SBD10540.

Victor J F Farrar, 2007, Bedford 50 Years Ago: the Architecture of a County town., p 63, pl 54 (Bibliographic reference). SBD10665.

Protected Status:

  • Listed Building (II*) 1114519: Shire Hall

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

  • EBB587 - BEDFORD SHIRE HALL and surrounding site Archaeological Desk Based Assessment
  • EBB1275 - BEDFORD SHIRE HALL AND SURROUNDING SITE; Evaluation
  • EBB1276 - MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ST. PAUL'S SQUARE; Desk Based Assessment

Sources and Further Reading

---SBB11736 - Unpublished document: Unknown. Unknown. Site Diary for Borehole Watching Brief.
---SBD10506 - Photograph: HER Photograph Archive. 168.
---SBD10508 - Slide: HER Slide Archive. 928.
---SBD10540 - Bibliographic reference: R Wildman. 1974. Bygone Bedford. pl 28.
---SBD10543 - Bibliographic reference: Bedfordshire Magazine. Vol 12 No 89 1969 p 9-14.
---SBD10544 - Newspaper Article: Bedfordshire Times. 1/9/1988.
---SBD10665 - Bibliographic reference: Victor J F Farrar. 2007. Bedford 50 Years Ago: the Architecture of a County town.. p 63, pl 54.
---SBD11013 - Index: 1971. DoE Borough of North Beds 3rd List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. 1/112.

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