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Title*

Doorway to Felixstowe Town Hall
County Suffolk   District Council Suffok Coastal 
Civil Parish or equivalent Felixstowe  Town/Village* Felixstowe 
Road Undercliff Road 
Precise Location Town Hall 
OS Grid Ref TM302345  Postcode IP11 
Previous location(s)  
Setting On Building  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
G.S. Horton  Architect(s)   
H. Runnacles  Builder(s)   

Commissioned by

 Felixstowe and Walton Local Board 

Design & Constrn period

 1892 

Date of installing

  

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Town seal

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Centre of pediment  Red sandstone  H. 90 cms W. 50 cms 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Felixstowe Town Council 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions At base of doorway plaque: This stone/ was laid by Felix T. Cobbold Esq./ Chairman of the Board January 1892/ a list of members the Geo S. Horton Surveyor/ H. Runnacles Builder/ This SITE was presented by Captain /E.G. Prettyman On roundel: The seal of Felixstowe and Walton Local Board AD 1887 

Description (physical)

 The present Town Hall is a simple two storey red brick building with a bay window to the right of the elegant doorway whose fluted pilasters support the pediment. The seal shows a sailor standing on the prow of a Viking ship under sail. 

Description (iconographical)

 English local government underwent a major change in 1896 when the Felixstowe and Walton Local Board was replaced by an urban district council. In the re-organisation of 1974 this in turn gave way to Felixstowe Town Council who finally take possession of the Town Hall at the beginning of October 2007. 

Photographs

 Date taken:  4/9/2007
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  4/9/2007

Inspected by:
Richard Cocke

Sources and References

 Information from Susan Robinson the Felixstowe Town Clerk; /list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle Felixstowe 1001220, listed 2003 

Database

 Date entered:  13/9/2007

Data inputter:
Richard Cocke