1860 - The Guildhall - Folkestone, Kent, UK
N 51° 04.799 E 001° 10.858
31U E 372583 N 5660292
This building, dated 1860, was constructed as The Guildhall and is to be found on the east side of Rendezvous Street opposite Sandgate Road in Folkestone.
Waymark Code: WMKKBE
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/26/2014
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The year is shown in Roman numerals almost at the very top of the building. The numerals read "MDCCCLX" or 1860. The building, that has several uses today, is Grade II listed with the entry at the English Heritage website telling us:
Begun in 1856 by Joseph Messenger but completed by Whichcord and Blandford. Dated 1860. 2 storeys Portland stone. Hipped slate roof. Stone balustraded parapet with clock and curved pediment flanked by console brackets upended. Modillion cornice. 5 Roman Corinthian Halt columns. 5 windows to the lst floor with verticals only. Moulded architraves. Alternate curved and triangular pediments and brackets. Balustrading beneath. The ground floor is rusticated and has 3 round-headed windows with keystones over. Left side entrance similar. Round-headed doorcase. Tuscan portico with coupled columns. Brick side elevation. Band between ground and 1st floor with dentils.
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