File:Gold Hill - Shaftesbury - Town Hall, St Peter's Church and Gold Hill Museum (7244845978).jpg

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A visit to the Dorset town of Shaftesbury - home of Gold Hill.

The top end of Gold Hill near the Town Hall and St Peter's Church.

The Town Hall from Gold Hill in Shaftesbury.

The Town Hall is Grade II listed.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-102044-town-hall-shaftesbury" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Town Hall, Shaftesbury</a>

1. 1615 HIGH STREET (South Side) Town Hall ST 8622 2/59 20.6.52. II GV 2. Built by Richard, Marquess of Westminster, in 1857. Tower 1879, rebuilt 1925. Ground floor reconstructed 1926. Stone ashlar building with 5-window fronts, that to High Street being 2-storey, and that to Gold Hill, where the ground falls away, 3-storey. Castellated parapets, Small central tower has open pediment and clock. The windows are mostly 5-light casements with Gothic heads to lights and diagonal glazing-bars, On the lower floors the openings have 5-centred heads, those to the lower ground floor facing Gold Hill having wrought-iron gates. Facing High Street there is a central castellated porch and contemporary railings.

The Town Hall Church of St Peter, The Mitre Inn and Nos 25 to 31 (odd) form a group.


Listing NGR: ST8627222940

Above on the right is the tower of St Peter's Church. Below is the Gold Hill Museum (was taken from the garden outside the museum).
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Author Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
Camera location51° 00′ 20.9″ N, 2° 11′ 49.65″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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