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Manannan House, Market Place, Castletown

Archaeology

This three-storey stone building is rectangular in plan with a slate pitched roof. The stonework is exposed on the upper two storeys as cut blocks with random horizontal coursing. The ground floor is cement rendered to window sill level of first floor. There is a regular deployment of five vertically proportioned windows at each floor although the middle of the ground floor is designed as a semi-circular headed front entrance. The fenestration is rather modest, the only adornment being a plain cement rendered frame around the upper floor windows and a straight rectangular molding at the top of the ground floor rendering panel. There are no particularly significant features to the building either internally or externally. For the most part details are rather poorly handled, an example being the traversing of the main facade by electrical wiring clipped to the masonry, a single angle bracket light, a token flag-pole etc. As a town hall the building clearly has civic significance and it occupies a prominent position in an area which has already recommended to have a listing as a group related to its function.


The above description was prepared prior to the creation of Registered Building and Conservation Area legislation.  


The structure has since been placed on the Protected Buildings Register (No. 17).


The building has served a variety of uses since being constructed for domestic use, including as the town hall, and later as offices.  It is currently in commercial use.

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  • Parish: Malew
  • Sheading: Rushen
  • Grid Ref: SC2645267420

Sources

  • Isle of Man Heritage Environment Record
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