DERWENTSIDE AREA COUNCIL OFFICES - Stanley - List Entry

  • Description

    "Derwentside Area Council Offices II Former Council offices. 1911 by J.W. Wilson of Sutton Coldfield (plaque in entrance hall). Sandstone ashlar; roof of large grey slates. Baroque style. 2 storeys, 3 wide bays; symmetrical. Central partly-glazed double door with sidelights and blocked fanlight in semicircular porch with 2 Ionic columns and dentilled entablature. Stone mullioned-and-transomed window recessed above has 2 rows of 6 lights, filling space between outer bays; these have rusticated pilasters framing 3-, 2- and 3-light windows with long keys, the central with scroll, under entablature; dentilled open pediment rests on first-floor Ionic pilasters which frame shallow oriels and side lights under long key and Diocletian window in each pediment..."
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    Historic England
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    Link: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1260825
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 2 years, 2 months ago
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