Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
364
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
30/03/1987
Date of Amendment
30/03/1987
Name of Property
Town Hall
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Flintshire
Community
Mold
Town
Locality
Easting
323676
Northing
363970
Street Side
Location
Prominent public building on street line, library forecourt adjoins to right.
Description
Broad Class
Civil
Period
History
1911-12 by F A Roberts of mold. The gift of mr P E Roberts of Bromfield Hall. Edwardian Baroque.
Exterior
2 storey, 5 bay symmetrical front with cupola to advanced central entrance bay. Red brick and limestone on rock face plinth. steep, u-shaped hipped slate roof, bargeboarded gables over returned entablature to rear. 3 chimneys, forward pair corbelled out. Panelled stacks, necking bands, bracketed cornices. Moulded architrave, pulvinated frieze and bracketed cornice to entablature. Balustraded parapet. Square cupola with aedicules, keystone arches; impost blocks, balustraded balconies; festooned amphorae to corners. Octagonal ribbed dome with pine cone finial. Hollow chamfered corners with festooned urns to base. Swagged strapwork cartouche with dragon motif to front.
Brick 1st floor with channelled freestone end pilasters. Round arched, keystoned windows with lugged architraves and aprons. Segmental pediment to centre bay with channelled end pilasters flanking ionic columns in antis. Round arched keystoned and lugged doorway with semicircular balustraded balcony. String course.
Channelled freestone ground floor. 6 cambered, small paned cross windows; keystones, sills on brackets. Open pediment with Gibbsian treatment to pilasters. Keystone to round arched doorway. iron gates.
Side elevations; 1st floor windows as front, string course, entablature as front but balustrade only returns 1 bay. 12 pane sashes with keystones to cambered brick voussoirs to ground floor. Flat roofed centre bay to rear with lead cames to round arched stair window.
Interior
Contemporary interiors on first floor.
Panelled entrance with half-glazed inner doors and screen. Broad keystoned arches with panelled soffits to hallway. Brass gaslight on newel post of iron balustraded staircase.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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