Building record MLI90220 - Town Hall (Sessions House), Market Place, Sleaford

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Town Hall (Sessions House), Market Place, Sleaford

Type and Period (2)

  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1831 AD to 2050 AD)
  • (Post Medieval to Modern - 1831 AD to 2050 AD?)

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PRN 64720 The Sessions House was built in 1831 by the local architect H E Kendall in a Gothic Style. It has two storeys in ashlar. The first floor has five windows of four lights, mullion and transom and quatrefoil, under arched dripmould. The right hand corner has a rectangular dripmould and a slightly different window. There is an arcaded ground floor of six four-centred arches facing Market Place, with moulded labels and an embattled string course.The extension to the right (No 1) is later but of similar style. It has three storeys, an embattled parapet with an end turret to the right. There are three windows with chamfered surrounds and Gothic glazing. The centre window on the first floor is a shallow canted bay with a centre light only and an embattled parapet. The ground floor has two arched windows and an arched doorway with a Gothic fanlight and a plain door. For the full description and the legal address of this listed building please refer to the appropriate List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. {1} The Town Hall was also known as the Sessions House, and the Petty Sessions and County Court were held there in the 19th century. {3}

Sources/Archives (4)

  •  Index: Department of the Environment. 1974. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Sleaford. TF 0645 1/32.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Nikolaus Pevsner and John Harris, with Nicholas Antram. 1989. Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Second Edition). P 654.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: William White. 1856. History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire - Second Edition. p 433.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Edward Trollope. 1872. Sleaford and the Wapentakes of Flaxwell and Aswardhurn in the County of Lincoln. p 171.

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Grid reference Centred TF 06808 45875 (34m by 24m) Approximate
Civil Parish SLEAFORD, NORTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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