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| town hall, Broughton in Furness | ||
| Brought Town Hall | ||
| locality:- | Broughton in Furness | |
| civil parish:- | Broughton West (formerly Lancashire) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | town hall (ex) | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD21238753 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD2187 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD28 | |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Market Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "MARKET HALL / / THE SQUARE / BROUGHTON WEST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 75831 / SD2120987556" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Market Hall. c1760. For Gilpin Sawrey. Roughcast stone with ashlar dressings and slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays. Ground floor has round-arched arcade on square piers with plain capital blocks, the arches with keys and hoodboards, now with infill of entrances and small-paned glazing. lst floor has paired round-headed windows with keys and sashes with glazing bars, Central clock face in square architrave dated 1766; lantern on bracket to end. Bell turret to ridge is square with round arches, pyramidal roof, ball finial and weather vane with hunting figures. Guilt as part of planned town square, an unusual feature in a Cumbrian village." |
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