File:Walsall Council House - Lichfield Street, Walsall - panoramic (14083223755).jpg
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The Council House in Walsall. It is on Lichfield Street and Tower Street in Walsall Town Centre. In Walsall Civic Quarter. The building is Grade II listed. <a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-219109-council-house-" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Council House, Walsall</a> WALSALL MB LICHFIELD STREET (west side) SP 0198 NW 13/66 Council House GV II Town hall. 1902-5 by JS Gibson. Sandstone ashlar with tile roof. Baroque style. Facade symmetrical, with outer bays projecting and with five recessed bays on each side of centrepiece. Three storeys. Windows have metal casements with glazing bars. Ground floor of channelled rustica- tion, with round-headed windows which have projecting keystones. The recessed bays of the upper storeys are divided by giant engaged Composite columns. The second floor windows each have a mullion and transom. Below each is a carved figure. Both outer bays have a second floor window with round head and keystone which breaks into an open pediment surmounted by carved figures. The central doorway has a round head within carved stone open pediment and Ionic columns with reversed volutes. Above is a seated female figure of Justice, breaking through a segmental pediment which is supported by caryatids. Set back to the right is a tower with quoin strips at the corners. On each side is an opening with balcony, below a segmental pediment. Each has two Tuscan columns and has a smaller central archway with pediment and round head, which appears to be freestanding. The upper stage is a stone lantern with round-headed openings and corner figures. Adjoins Town Hall (qv), listed under Leicester Street.
Listing NGR: SP0148698658
Source: English Heritage Listed building text is © Crown Copyright. Reproduced under licence.
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| Source | Walsall Council House - Lichfield Street, Walsall - panoramic |
| Author | Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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