Adrodd fel Amhriodol


Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EPW000885 / 208023)

' THE COUNTY HALL ABINGDON. BUILT IN 1682 BY CHRISTOPHER KEMPSTER WHO HAD BEEN WORKING WITH SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN ON LONDON CHURCHS. IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1678-1684,AND WAS ERECTED'' AS A HOUSE FOR HER MAJESTY JUSTICES TO TAKE THE ASSIZES IN ABINGDON BEING IT BE COUNTY TOWN OF BERKSHIRE. NIKOLAUS PEVSNER,IN 1966 DESCRIBED THE COUNTY HALL AS FOLLOWS: OF FREE-STANDING TOWN HALLS OF ENGLAND WITH OPEN GROUND FLOORS THIS IS THE GRANDEST-GRANDER DECIDEDLY THAN WINDSOR''. '