Walsall Town Centre skyline from New Art Gallery Walsall - Walsall Council House tower
A second visit to the New Art Gallery Walsall.


Walsall Town Centre skyline from New Art Gallery Walsall, some of the upper level window views.


Walsall Council House - tower.


Grade II listed building.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-219109-council-house-" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Council House, Walsall</a>

    WALSALL MB LICHFIELD STREET (west side)
    SP 0198 NW
    13/66 Council House
    GV
    II
    Town hall. 1902-5 by JS Gibson. Sandstone ashlar with tile roof.
    Baroque style. Facade symmetrical, with outer bays projecting and with
    five recessed bays on each side of centrepiece. Three storeys. Windows
    have metal casements with glazing bars. Ground floor of channelled rustica-
    tion, with round-headed windows which have projecting keystones. The
    recessed bays of the upper storeys are divided by giant engaged Composite
    columns. The second floor windows each have a mullion and transom. Below
    each is a carved figure. Both outer bays have a second floor window with
    round head and keystone which breaks into an open pediment surmounted by
    carved figures. The central doorway has a round head within carved stone
    open pediment and Ionic columns with reversed volutes. Above is a seated
    female figure of Justice, breaking through a segmental pediment which is
    supported by caryatids. Set back to the right is a tower with quoin strips
    at the corners. On each side is an opening with balcony, below a segmental
    pediment. Each has two Tuscan columns and has a smaller central archway
    with pediment and round head, which appears to be freestanding. The upper
    stage is a stone lantern with round-headed openings and corner figures.
    Adjoins Town Hall (qv), listed under Leicester Street.


    Listing NGR: SP0148698658


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Source: English Heritage

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Tower at the corner of Lichfield Street and Tower Street.
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