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Description: | Town Hall, Gothic style. Exterior decoration originally included gilded statue of St. George and the Dragon on top of the tower and carved grotesques over entrance. These destroyed by fire 1883. Capitals of porte-cochere and of arcades decorated with carved animals and foliation. On parapet of porte-cochere are gilded lions carrying heraldic shields. Beneath these are fighting dogs and a winged pig on NE butress. Interior decoration includes foliated capitals in Exchange by Thomas Earp. Carved heads form label stops on great hall doorways representing the four ages of man and accompanying foliation. Great hall hammerbeams terminated by carbed, gilded angels. Mural at east end depicting signing of Magna Carta. Oak columns in small exchange surmounted by carved oak lions bearing arms of Rochdale. Corbels supporting beams in Mayor's reception room carved as portraits of George Leach Ashworth, Alderman Edward Taylor, Councillor W. A. Scott and the architect W. H. Crosland. Carved corbels in form of angels in Members' Lounge. | Subjects: | Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Architect: Crosland, W. H. Builder: W. A. Peters and Son | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7553... | Go to resource |
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