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Moot Hall, Mansfield

The Moot Hall is a former municipal building situated on one corner of the Market Place in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The moot hall now operates as shops at ground floor level. The Grade II listed building now operates as shops at ground floor level. History The first moot hall in Mansfield was a medieval structure which was rebuilt in the 16th century. It was demolished, after it again became dilapidated. The current building was commissioned by the Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer, whose seat was at Welbeck Abbey, in the mid-18th century. The building was designed in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1752. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of seven bays facing onto the Market Place. Originally it was open on the ground floor, so markets could be held, with large columns to support the structure on the upper floors. It was fenestrated by tall sash windows on the first floor and square sash windows on the second floor. The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, was surmounted by a entablature carved with the letters "HCHOM" (Henrietta Cavendish Holles [of] Oxford & Mortimer) and the year (1752), and by a pediment with a gilded coat of arms of the Oxford family in the tympanum. The architectural historian, Nikolaus Pevsner, commented favourably on the "graceful pediment decorated in the Rococo taste". Internally, the principal room was the main assembly room which measured 48 feet (15 m) long by 17 feet (5.2 m) wide. In February 1782, the moot hall was the venue for a lively debate, presided over by Lord George Manners-Sutton, on the proposals advocated by William Pitt for parliamentary reform including, specifically, the abolition of rotten and pocket boroughs. A further debate took place in the moot hall in February 1790 on the proposed repeal of the Test Acts, and another debate took place in June 1794 on the increasing threat from France and the need to defend the county of Nottinghamshire. A sum of £8,549 was pledged at the debate and the Nottinghamshire (South Nottinghamshire) Yeomanry Cavalry was formed in response. After civic leaders found the moot hall was inadequate for their needs, a group of local businessmen decided to form "The Town Hall Company" to develop a new Town Hall on the southwest side of the Market Place in 1835. The moot hall was then converted for retail use and, in 1921, it was occupied by the local branch of Yorkshire Bank. By the early 21st century it was home of the local branch of Nationwide Building Society, and, after the building society also closed its branch, the ground floor was occupied by a local sweet shop known as "Carousel Candy", and offices. See also Listed buildings in Mansfield (inner area) References
The Guild, Preston

The Guild is a grade II listed public house at 99 Fylde Road in Preston, Lancashire, England. It was built as the home of the cotton manufacturer William Taylor and became a pub in the late 1980s. History It was built in 1818 of red brick with sandstone dressings and slate roofs for William Taylor (died 1852), who at the time was the manager of John Horrocks's Moss Mill and later owned the Tulketh Mill. From the 1920s it was the surgery and home of the physician Fraser Macintosh Rose for 40 years. Rose lived in the part of the building known as Moss Cottage and during his residence there was instrumental in the creation of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). In 2009 the North West branch of the RCGP received permission to install a heritage plaque on the building. The building fell into dereliction until, in the early 1990s, it became the Hogshead pub and then The Guild, managed by Greene King. References External links https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/lancashire/guild/
Preston Town Hall

Preston Town Hall is a municipal building in Lancaster Road in Preston, Lancashire, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Preston City Council, is a Grade II listed building. First and second town halls The first town hall was a medieval structure built on the south side of the Market Square which collapsed in June 1780. It was replaced by a second town hall which was a brick building built on the same site in 1782 and augmented by a cupola in 1814. Third town hall After significant industrial growth in the first half of the 19th century, particularly in relation to the cotton industry, civic leaders decided to procure a third town hall on the same site. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the mayor, Robert Townley Parker, on 2 September 1862. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic style, built by Cooper and Tullis of Preston at a cost of £69,412 and was officially opened by the Duke of Cambridge on 3 October 1867. The design involved arcading on the ground floor and tracery windows on the first floor and it featured a tower at the south west corner which was 197 feet (60 m) high. The tower housed a Cambridge-chiming clock by William Potts & Son, with bells by Taylor of Loughborough; at the time it was one of the largest gravity-escapement clocks to have been made in England. As part of a two-day visit to Lancashire, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attended a lunch hosted by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Derby, at County Hall before meeting civic leaders at the town hall in March 1945 during the Second World War. The town hall burnt down on 15 March 1947 and was subsequently demolished and a modern building known as Crystal House was built on the site in 1962. Fourth town hall As the responsibilities of the borough council increased, council leaders decided to procure a municipal office building to provide extra office space for council officers and their departments: the site selected was open ground in Lancaster Road between the police station to the north and the Sessions House to the south. The municipal office building, which was designed by Sir Arnold Thornely in the Neoclassical style was completed in 1934. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with eleven bays facing onto the Lancaster Road with the last three bays at each end slightly projected forward; the central section of five bays, which rose higher than the end sections, featured a doorway with an architrave and a pediment decorated with acroteria; in each of the sections the centre window on the first floor was equipped with a balcony. After demolition of the previous town hall, a council chamber was created in the municipal office building which was renamed the Preston Town Hall in 1971. The new town hall continued to be the local seat of government after the enlarged Preston District Council was formed in 1974 and remained its home after the local authority secured city status as Preston City Council in 2002. References
St Jude's Church, Hartwith

St Jude's Church is an Anglican church in Hartwith cum Winsley, a village in North Yorkshire, in England. The church was built in 1751, as a chapel of ease to St Andrew's Church, Kirkby Malzeard. It was extended to the east in 1830, with a vestry and sexton's room also added. It was given its own parish in 1861. In 1878, the interior was refurbished, a chancel arch inserted, and a porch and bellcote added. It was dedicated to Saint Jude in 1891. The building was grade II listed in 1987. The church is built of gritstone with a stone slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south porch and a chancel. On the west gable is a gabled bellcote, and the windows have pointed heads, those in the porch and chancel with hood moulds. See also Listed buildings in Hartwith cum Winsley References
Thetford Guildhall

Thetford Guildhall is a municipal structure in the Market Place in Thetford, Norfolk, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Thetford Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first building on the site was the hall of the Guild of St Mary which was a medieval structure built in black flint and completed in 1337. Following the Dissolution of the Guilds in 1547, ownership of the building passed to Thetford Corporation when it received its royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I in 1574. The local member of parliament, Sir Joseph Williamson, enlarged the building at his own expense in around 1675, and a local workhouse was established the basement in around 1700. After the medieval structure was found to be unsafe, it was remodelled with a new council chamber and a new courthouse in 1799. Following a structural survey in the late 19th century, it was discovered that the foundations of the old building were defective and civic leaders decided to rebuild the structure again. The new building was designed by Herbert John Green in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and completed in 1901. The design involved a main frontage at the south west corner of the Market Place: it featured a porch in the corner with one bay to the left facing north and three bays to the right facing east. The doorway within the porch was flanked by Doric order columns supporting a frieze, while the bays to the left and right contained round headed sash windows which were also flanked by Doric order pilasters supporting the frieze. Above the right hand section was a gable containing a Venetian window and, above the gable, there was a clock with a cupola and a weather vane. The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of the borough until the council relocated to new chambers and offices at King's House in King Street in 1952. A plaque commemorating the airmen of No. 311 Squadron RAF, a Czechoslovak-manned bomber squadron based at RAF Honington during the Second World War, was placed in the bay to the left of the entrance to the guildhall in 1980. After the guildhall featured in several episodes of the BBC comedy series Dad's Army in the early 1970s, the Dad's Army Museum opened at the rear of the guildhall in December 2007 and was extended into the basement in February 2009. In June 2020, Thetford Town Council announced that a heritage hub would be established in the guildhall. It was planned that the hub would include an exhibition about the last ruler of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Duleep Singh, who had settled at Elveden Hall in the 19th century, as well as a display of paintings collected by the Maharaja's son, Prince Frederick. References
Torquay Town Hall

Torquay Town Hall is a municipal building in Castle Circus in Torquay, Devon, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Torbay Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first municipal structure in Torquay was the old town hall in Union Street which was completed in June 1852. After finding that the old town hall was too small for their needs, civic leaders decided to procure a new building; the site they selected had previously formed part of the grounds of St Mary Magdalene's Church. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the mayor, Councillor John Smerdon, on 14 February 1906. It was designed by Thomas Davison in the Edwardian Baroque style and built in two phases: the first phase, to the south west, which included the Carnegie library, was built by R. E. Narracott of Stoke Gabriel and completed in 1907 and the second phase, to the north east, which included the civic rooms, was built by R. Wilkins of Bristol and was completed in 1911. The complex was officially opened in August 1913. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with thirteen bays facing onto Castle Circus with the end bays slightly projected forward; the central section, which also slightly projected forward, featured a portico with Doric order columns supporting an entablature with triglyphs and a coat of arms above; there was a Diocletian window on the first floor and a pediment and a three-stage clock tower above, containing an electric clock by Messrs Gent of Leicester. The south west elevation featured a domed curved entrance giving access to the library, while the north east elevation featured three recessed bays giving access to the main hall. During the First World War, the town hall was used as a Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment auxiliary hospital for wounded service personnel. Nursing staff included the novelist, Agatha Christie, who arrived in October 1914. King George V and Queen Mary visited the hospital and met with wounded soldiers on 10 September 1915. Speakers in the main hall included the novelist, Arthur Conan Doyle, who lectured on "Death and the Hereafter" on 5 August 1920. There were also concert performances by the Rolling Stones in August 1964, by the Who in July 1965 and by David Bowie in June 1973. The building was the headquarters of Torquay Borough Council for much of the 20th century and remained the local seat of government when the short-lived Torbay County Borough Council was formed in 1968; in 1974 it became the home of Torbay District Council which renamed itself Torbay Council when it became the unitary authority for the area in April 1998. Repairs to clock tower were carried out in autumn 2020. Works in the town hall include a portrait of the former local member of parliament, Sir Lawrence Palk. References
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Stourport

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is an Anglican church in Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England. It is in the Benefice of St Michael's, Stourport and All Saints, Wilden, in the Deanery of Kidderminster and Stourport, and in the Diocese of Worcester. The current church, built in 1980, stands within the Grade II listed remains of the church built in the late 19th century. There were two earlier churches. History and description A chapel of ease in the parish of Kidderminster, situated on or near the site of the present church, was here by 1200. The area, at that time known as the hamlet of Lower Mitton, later became part of Stourport, as the town grew following the building of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the late 18th century. The church, in poor condition and inadequate for the population of the chapelry, was replaced. The new church, completed in 1792, was a brick building, having a nave with galleries, transepts and west tower. With the continuing increase in local population, the building was enlarged in the 1830s, the length being increased from 52 feet to 79 feet 6 inches. By the 1870s the building was regarded as inadequate, in seating accommodation and architectural quality. A new building was proposed in 1875. George Gilbert Scott was commissioned to design it, and he submitted plans. After his death in 1878, his son John Oldrid Scott continued the work. Building began, north of the old church, in 1882. The church was never completed, the unfinshed east end and west end being bricked up by the time of the consecration in 1910. The earlier church was demolished after the First World War. Gilbert Scott's church was badly damaged in a storm in 1976. It was partially demolished; the surviving remains include the south porch with south door, and large parts of the south and north walls, including the north door. A new building, designed by Adrian Thompson, was erected in 1980 within these remains. It has a central altar. The organ, built for the new church, was by William Drake, and the font, dating from the 18th century, was in the previous two churches. References External links Media related to St Michael and All Angels church, Stourport-on-Severn at Wikimedia Commons
Hungerford Town Hall

Hungerford Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Hungerford, Berkshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Hungerford Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. History The first town hall in Hungerford, known at the time as the "Courte House", was a medieval structure which was probably arcaded on the ground floor with an assembly room on the first floor: located in the middle of the High Street, it was completed in the mid-13th century. When this building became dilapidated, it was replaced by the second town hall which was designed in the Elizabethan style and completed in 1573. After a while this building also deteriorated and it was replaced by a Georgian style structure with an octagonal cupola in 1786. In 1830, during the Swing Riots, William Oakley harangued the magistrates in this town hall. In the 1860s civic leaders decided to procure a fourth structure: the site selected this time, on the west site of the High Street, had previously been occupied by an unused property known as "Church House". The foundation stone for the new building was laid by George Charles Cherry of Denford Park on 7 September 1870. It was designed by John Money in the Italianate style, was built by a local contactor, a Mr Hoskins, at a cost of £4,000 and was opened without ceremony on 11 October 1871. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with four bays facing onto the High Street; the left-hand section of three bays formed a loggia, with a balustraded balcony and three rounded headed windows on the first floor and a parapet above. The right-hand bay, which slightly projected forwards, contained an arched doorway on the ground floor, a balcony and a double-arched window with an elaborate carving in the tympanum on the first floor and a clock tower with a lead cupola and weather vane above. Internally, the principal meeting rooms were at the front (the magistrates' room on the ground floor and the upper hall on the first floor), and there was a corn exchange, with a vaulted ceiling, at the rear. The chiming clock, made by J. Moore & Sons of Clerkenwell, had been presented by the magistrate's clerk, Mr W. R. Hall, in 1866; it had initially been housed in a newly built clock tower atop the Georgian town hall, before being transferred (along with the bells) to the new building in 1871. The corn exchange was converted for use as a large meeting hall in 1923 and it served as a British Restaurant during the Second World War. The building served as the meeting place of Hungerford Rural District Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be local seat of government when the enlarged West Berkshire Council was formed in 1974. However, meetings of Hungerford Town Council continued to take place in the building. The constable i.e. mayor and other officers of the town continued to be elected in the town hall each Hocktide (second Tuesday after Easter). References
St James' Church, Longton

The church of St James-the-Less is in Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England. History St James-the-Less is a Commissioners' church which was built in 1833–4. It cost £10,000. With a capacity of 2000, it was intended to provide for the rapidly growing population of Longton. Other Commissioners' churches were built in the Staffordshire Potteries around the same time, for example, St Mark's, Shelton, which is slightly larger. Not long after the completion of St James', one writer suggested that its size was perhaps optimistic given the strength of Nonconformist denominations in the area. However, it is still an active parish church. Architecture It is one of several Commissioners' churches designed by James Trubshaw. The church was built from Hollington sandstone with a west tower, six-bay nave and clerestory, and a short chancel with polygonal apse. Conservation The church is a Grade II listed building. It is one of a number of buildings in Stoke-on-Trent which were listed in the 1990s after a survey identified scope for adding to the (then low) number of listed buildings in the city. Another example is the church of the Holy Evangelists in Normacot. References
The Crab, Shanklin

The Crab is a pub in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of the UK. Located in the old village above the beach, as a traditional thatched building surrounded by other old buildings it has often been photographed and painted; the Shanklin and District History Society describe it as "possibly the most drawn, painted and photographed building on the Island" and CAMRA's notes on the pub comment that it "has adorned many a chocolate box". As of 2026 it is operated by Greene King and has been a grade II listed building since 1992. The Village Inn and Pencil Cottage on either side of it are also listed. References External links Official website
Corn Exchange, King's Lynn

The Corn Exchange is a commercial building in Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. The structure, which was commissioned as a corn exchange and is now used as an events venue, is a Grade II listed building. History Until the mid-19th century, corn merchants in the town traded their goods in the open, with sacks piled in the paved area around the market cross. The market cross, which had become unstable, was demolished in 1830. In the mid-19th century, the civic leaders in King's Lynn decided to commission a purpose-built corn exchange: the site they selected had been occupied by Angel Inn in the 18th century and then by a market house, with butchers' stalls on the ground floor and a concert hall on the first floor, from 1834. The current building was designed by Frederick Haydon Cruso and Alfred William Maberley in the Baroque style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1854. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Tuesday Market Place. The central bay featured a doorway with an architrave, a frieze and a cornice supported by brackets on the ground floor, and a panel containing a carved borough coat of arms on the first floor. The outer bays contained similar doorways on the ground floor and panels containing carved sheafs of corn on the first floor. The bays were flanked by full-height Ionic order columns supporting a modillioned cornice and a balustraded parapet. At roof level, there was a central panel carved with the words "Corn Exchange Erected 1854" and surmounted by a statue of the goddess, Ceres. The architectural historian, Nikolaus Pevsner, described the design as "jolly and vulgar". The use of the building as a corn exchange declined significantly in the wake of the Great Depression of British Agriculture in the late 19th century. Instead, it became a community events venue, but the condition of the building declined significantly during the 1980s. After an extensive programme of refurbishment works costing £4.4 million to a design by Levitt Bernstein Associates in the mid-1990s, the building was re-opened as an events and concert venue in 1996. A new glass roof incorporated blinds designed by Sharon Ting depicting local history. Subsequent performers included the musician, Midge Ure, (formerly a member of Ultravox) in May 2005 and the musician, Ian Anderson, (formerly leader of the rock band Jethro Tull) in September 2009. A further programme of works to convert the foyer on the first floor into a two-screen cinema was completed at a cost of £1.6 million in September 2020. See also Corn exchanges in England References