Northumberland Hall (Alnwick)
Northumberland Hall, Alnwick. Photo Northumberland County Council, 1970.
(NU18651328) Hall. (1)
5330
MARKET PLACE (South Side)
Northumberland Hall (Assembly Rooms)
NU 1813 SE 1/63 20.2.52
Grade I GV
1826 with octagonal extension 1830. Built by Duke of Northumberland. Three storeys, ten windows; ashlar built. Arcade of depressed arches continued round octagonal. East end with band above; giant order pilasters to moulded cornice; band below second floor; parapet to hipped slate roof. One ridge chimney to west, another on east end wall. Second floor window mostly blind (first floor attic). First floor windows have glazing bar and casement arrangement for upper windows. Within arcade a ceiling of long slabs, first bay from west blocked and with an upright cast iron pump outside (disused). Old arrangement of market booths with a smallish window between doors still largely survives. East end only two storeys to octagonal extension; gable end of main part, articulated with a pediment flanked by two giant order pilasters and having antefixae. At west end, blind central ground floor arch has tablet commemorating the gift of the Hall by the Duke to the town 1919. (2)
Additional references (3-10) (12)
Building includes a war memorial as a wooden wall-mounted board inscribed "TO THE INSPIRING AND GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ALNWICK WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ (NAMES)". (11)
5330
MARKET PLACE (South Side)
Northumberland Hall (Assembly Rooms)
NU 1813 SE 1/63 20.2.52
Grade I GV
1826 with octagonal extension 1830. Built by Duke of Northumberland. Three storeys, ten windows; ashlar built. Arcade of depressed arches continued round octagonal. East end with band above; giant order pilasters to moulded cornice; band below second floor; parapet to hipped slate roof. One ridge chimney to west, another on east end wall. Second floor window mostly blind (first floor attic). First floor windows have glazing bar and casement arrangement for upper windows. Within arcade a ceiling of long slabs, first bay from west blocked and with an upright cast iron pump outside (disused). Old arrangement of market booths with a smallish window between doors still largely survives. East end only two storeys to octagonal extension; gable end of main part, articulated with a pediment flanked by two giant order pilasters and having antefixae. At west end, blind central ground floor arch has tablet commemorating the gift of the Hall by the Duke to the town 1919. (2)
Additional references (3-10) (12)
Building includes a war memorial as a wooden wall-mounted board inscribed "TO THE INSPIRING AND GLORIOUS/ MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ALNWICK WHO/ SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18/ (NAMES)". (11)
N4527
Georgian (1714 to 1830)
Early 20th Century (1901 to 1932)
Early 20th Century (1901 to 1932)
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