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Salford Town Hall

Salford Town Hall is the former town hall of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It was the meeting place of the County Borough of Salford. Following the abolition of the county borough, it became Salford Magistrates' Court and continued to be used as such until 2011. The court was then merged with the court of Manchester to form the Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court. The building is now in residential use and is a Grade II Listed Building being designated in January 1952. History The foundation stone for the town hall was laid by Lord Bexley, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in August 1825. The square in which the building now stands was named after him. It was designed by Richard Lane in the Neo-classical style and completed in 1827. The building, which was originally constructed as a market hall, became the Salford's town hall in 1835 and, additionally, a courthouse in 1840. The building was expanded three times in the nineteenth century. In January 1878 it was the place where local hero Mark Addy received several awards for his gallantry in saving people from drowning in the River Irwell. On 1 October 1931 it was the scene of the 'Battle of Bexley Square' where 10,000 protesters of the Salford Branch of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement clashed with police, an event which is commemorated with a plaque on the building. The novelist Walter Greenwood was present at the demonstration and a similar event is portrayed in his novel "Love on the Dole". The building became the headquarters of the County Borough of Salford and continued to be called Salford Town Hall, notwithstanding that Salford was granted city status in 1926. It ceased to be the local seat of government when the county borough was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 and Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall became the meeting place for the enlarged local authority area, known as the City of Salford, in 1974. Salford Town Hall was used as a court house until the last two court rooms closed in December 2011. It was subsequently sold to private developers, who completed converting the building into apartments in November 2015. Architecture The building was the first architectural project by Richard Lane. Lane went on to design several further prominent buildings in what is now Greater Manchester, including the Friends Meeting House in Chorlton-on-Medlock and Chorlton Town Hall, both of which have similar designs to Salford Town Hall. The building is constructed in the Neo-classical style, with a minimalist entablature of the Doric Order. Only the front of the building is faced with stone; the sides are red brick. See also Salford Civic Centre Listed buildings in Salford, Greater Manchester References
Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton

The Church of the Ascension is a Grade II listed Anglican church in Lower Broughton, Salford, England. In February 2017 a fire destroyed the roof and interior of the building. Location The church is located on Ascension Road in Lower Broughton, in the United Kingdom, at grid reference SJ89NW and National Grid reference SJ 82657 99812. It is next to Green Grosvenor Park and River View Primary School. Architecture Exterior The brick building has a roof made of Welsh slate. It is constructed in an Early English style with "robust, muscular detail". The narthex to the west has an arched doorway on each side, with a gabled porch, and a large rose window. The aisles are divided into four bays. The eastern apse had ornate brickwork, and the building had Victorian-era stained glass. The building was a rare example of the work of Medland Taylor. Interior The nave has two aisles. The chancel has chapels in the transept. The east end of the church has an apse that is a little higher than the nave. History Early history The church was built in 1869. It was used as an Anglican church, and contained memorials from World War I and World War II. Restoration It was Grade II listed on 20 October 1998. In September 2013 grants totalling £250,000 from English Heritage and the National Lottery, were awarded to restore both the inside and outside of the building, and to replace the roof. The church was used for worship. 2017 fire On 12 February 2017 the church caught fire, and the fire brigade was called at 11:08 pm. The fire took dozens of firefighters with six fire engines to extinguish. The fire melted gas pipes inside the building, with the subsequent gas ignition causing additional damage to the building. Most of the fire was extinguished in an hour, although firefighters stayed at the site overnight. The roof of the building collapsed during the fire, and the interior was destroyed. The top parts of the gable ends of the building were dismantled to make the building safe. A fundraising campaign to restore the church was launched after the fire, with the hope that the building can be saved. Canon David Wyatt of the Church of the Ascension, described the fire as hurtful and frustrating but noted the “heart-warming” response from parishioners. Greater Manchester Police investigated the fire. CCTV footage of suspects was released to the public. A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of arson on 17 February, although the origin of the fire remains unknown. A project to rebuild the church over two years was announced in June 2017. The Church reopened in October 2022, with the licensing of Rev Canon Falak Sher, with over 200 people in the congregation. The New Pipe Organ. The previous organ, a 2 manual tracker Jardine's instrument, was destroyed in the fire. The New instrument was installed by the Nottingham based firm, Henry Groves & Sons. It is a 3 manual electro-magnetic organ which boasts 53 speaking stops over 3 manuals and pedal board. It is a far superior instrument, the first Henry Groves instrument in Manchester, and the North West. References
Island House, Barbican

Island House is a former merchant's house and Grade II listed building on the Barbican in Plymouth, Devon, England. History Built between the 1570s and 1600s, it is known for being the last place of accommodation for the Pilgrim Fathers on English soil, prior to them setting sail on the Mayflower on 6 September 1620. Construction It is a local example of a jettied merchant's house. Present day Island House has maintained its Grade II listed status, until c. 2010 as a tourist information centre and since then an ice cream shop. A blue plaque from 1976 can be found beside the shop entrance describing Island House as "one of the houses where a group of English puritans, since known as the Pilgrim Fathers, were entertained ashore prior to their final departure for America on the 6th September 1620 in the 'Mayflower'". References
Thorndike Theatre

The Thorndike Theatre, now known as the Leatherhead Theatre, is a Grade II listed building in Leatherhead, Surrey, England. Roderick Ham designed the theatre for Hazel Vincent Wallace within the shell of the disused 1930s Crescent Cinema. Named after Dame Sybil Thorndike, the theatre was opened on 17 September 1969 by Princess Margaret. The theatre closed in 1997 after the loss of public funding. A charitable trust was set up to operate it and the theatre re-opened as the Leatherhead Theatre in 2001, with seating reduced to 495 plus three wheelchair places. History The Thorndike Theatre opened in 1969 as a replacement for the 300-seat Ace Cinema in Leatherhead High Street. The cinema had originally been built in 1890 as the Victoria Hall. Hazel Vincent Wallace had started the Leatherhead Theatre Group there, attracting West End stars for three week runs. As performances became more popular, Wallace found its size had become restrictive and there was a need for a new and better-equipped performing arts venue in the town. The Thorndike Theatre, in Church Street, was designed by Roderick Ham in the modernist style. It was rebuilt from the former Crescent Cinema, which was originally constructed in 1939 and which was run by a local family until the 1960s. Although the exterior walls of the Crescent were retained, the interior, including the 526-seat auditorium and lobby, was built anew. Wallace approached actor Sybil Thorndike who agreed to have her name on the new theatre. Wallace also raised the majority of the construction costs through public appeals, with some additional funding from the Leatherhead Urban District Council and the Arts Council. The building also included a studio theatre, the Casson Room, for smaller-scale performances including youth productions. The Thorndike Theatre was opened in September 1969 by Princess Margaret. Although it was initially popular, the Thorndike Theatre regularly ran operating deficits. Following several years of cuts in public subsidy, it launched an appeal for £350,000 in February 1988, which was supported by the playwright, Alan Ayckbourn, actors, Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and the local MP, Kenneth Baker. The theatre briefly closed in July 1990, but reopened three months later following a rescue bid led by the producer and businessman, Bill Kenwright. It closed again in April 1997 with a total debt of almost £1.2 million. A second reopening followed in October 1997, but closed just over a month later after the new operators, Screenworks, entered voluntary liquidation owing £400,000. The theatre was Grade II-listed in July 1999. It reopened in 2001 as a part-time theatre, cinema, community space and meeting place for the evangelical group, Pioneer People. The annual Leatherhead Drama Festival, for amateur theatre groups, was launched at the theatre in 2004 and ran for 16 years. References External links Official website Bibliography
The Ship (pub)

The Ship is a historic pub in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Redcar and Cleveland, England. The pub dates back to the late 18th century and is the oldest pub in Saltburn as it was part of the old fishing village before the town was developed on the other side of Skelton Beck, upon arrival of the railways in the area. It was historically used for smuggling, as it is adjacent to the North Sea, and the building is now a grade II listed structure. History The Ship public house (sometimes called the Ship Inn) and the adjacent Ship House, are the only two surviving buildings left over from what is known as Old Saltburn, the fishing village on the right bank of Skelton Beck that predated the town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. The history of a pub on the site dates back until the 1500s, and the oldest bar in the pub is one that adjoins the wall next to the road.. The pub was used frequently by smugglers, and in the late 18th/early 19th century, the pub landlord, John Andrew, was known locally as the "King of the Smugglers", the pub being used as a base for his smuggling empire. When John Andrew arrived in Saltburn, the Ship was not the only pub in the small hamlet, other pubs included the Seagull and the Nimrod. Until 1881, the pub also doubled up as a mortuary for the village, and later the expanded town. The bodies of those who had drowned and washed up on the beach were stored in the pub pending a post-mortem. Besides being known for smuggling, there is a path at the rear (landward) side of the pub which leads to the Saltburn to Whitby section of the Cleveland Way. The pub, and the beach in front of it (to the north), were both used in 2015 for some scenes in the ITV drama Dark Angel about Mary Ann Cotton. The pub re-opened in August 2023, with its own fish and chip stall and a renovated beer garden overlooking the North Sea. The building is a grade II listed structure. References Sources Scott-Wilson, Chris (1983). The History of Saltburn. Saltburn-by-the-Sea: Seaside books. ISBN 0-9508631-0-6. External links Greene King webpage for The Ship
Bath Hotel, Sheffield

The Bath Hotel is a pub in Broomhall district of Sheffield, in England. The building was built in about 1868, as a grocers' shop at the end of a terrace of houses, on Victoria Street. The grocery also operated as a beerhouse, and it was sold to Ind Coope in 1914. Around this date, it became a dedicated pub, named after the nearby Glossop Road Baths. In 1931, the brewery extended it into the neighbouring house and remodelled the entire pub. It retains almost all of its fittings from this period. It was Grade II listed in 1999, and also appears on the Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. It was restored in 2001, the work winning the national Pub Conservation Award. The building is three storeys high at the front, and two at the back, the two fronts meeting at a sharp corner. The lowest part of the walls are tiled, and the original leaded windows survive, some with stained glass. There is a toilet block at the rear, added in 1931. Inside, there are two bars, a lounge snug in the corner with a serving hatch, and a main bar, linked by corridor, which also has access to the serving area, designed to allow stand up drinking. Features from the 1931 remodelling include the tiled floor, counter with tiled front, fixed seating and internal doors. Historic England describes it as "an unusually complete example of a Sheffield corner public house". References External links Official website
Stork Tavern

The Stork Tavern is a Grade II listed public house on Halliwell Road in Halliwell, an area of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. Built around 1850, the site includes a former bowling green to the rear. The pub has a long history of use, with earlier records referring to it as the Stork Tavern from the late 18th century. History According to a local report, a public house called the Stork Tavern was established in 1789, although this earlier phase is not documented in the official listing, which dates the present building to around 1850. The name Stork Tavern was still in use in the 1920s. On the Ordnance Survey maps published in 1893 and 1930, the structure is shown in its corner position with Elliott Street but is neither named nor marked as a pub. A bowling green is first recorded to the rear on the 1943 edition. On 26 April 1974, the Stork Tavern was designated a Grade II listed building. By 1982 the pub was operating as a Tetley's establishment. CAMRA records later names including the Fox and Stork and the Stork and Fox, though without dates for their use, while the photograph in the article from 2011 shows the pub trading as the Fox and Stork. The former bowling green is now used as a beer garden. Architecture The building is made of dressed stone and has a slate roof. It has two floors with two front windows and a doorway in the middle, set within a shaped surround with a small window above it. Each floor has simple sash windows, and there is an additional larger sash window on the left side wall. The eaves are finished with timber detailing, and the chimneys sit on the end walls, slightly forward of the roof ridge. See also Listed buildings in Bolton Listed pubs in Greater Manchester References
Little Bolton Town Hall

Little Bolton Town Hall is a municipal building in All Saints Street, Little Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of the trustees of Little Bolton, is a Grade II listed building. History The town hall was commissioned by the trustees of the former township of Little Bolton which sat on the north bank of the River Croal; the trustees included Richard Ainsworth, the proprietor of Halliwell Bleachworks, who had assembled much of the land for the building and who donated the site. The new building was designed by John Thompson of Blackburn in the neoclassical style, built by a local contractor, Thomas Heaton, at a cost of £3,000 in ashlar stone and was officially opened on 7 February 1828. The original design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto St George's Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, featured a doorway on the ground floor with a rusticated surround and a modillioned cornice; there was a segmental sash window on the first floor flanked by pilasters supporting a pediment with a coat of arms of the lord of the manor, Thomas Tipping, in the tympanum. The building originally extended for just three bays up All Saints Street. Internally, the principal room was the courtroom; there were prison cells for petty criminals in the basement. Although Little Bolton was absorbed into the new municipal borough of Bolton in 1838, the building became the regular meeting place of Bolton Corporation. In August 1839, Bolton's first mayor, Charles James Darbishire, accompanied a company of soldiers from the 96th Regiment of Foot, on their way to the town hall to rescue 23 special constables, who were besieged by Chartist rioters. Although all the windows were broken and the front door was destroyed by a lamp post which the rioters had used as a battering ram, the incident was concluded without any significant bloodshed. A private house was built at the north end of the complex in 1840: the design of the building, which projected forward, involved two bays facing All Saints Street with the left bay containing a doorway and the right bay containing mullioned windows on both floors. The town hall remained in use as the meeting place of Bolton Corporation until the new town hall was completed in 1873 and continued to serve as a magistrates' court and a police station until November 1876. A link block between the town hall and the private house was added around that time, allowing the complex to be converted for use as a public library. It remained in that use from 1879 until the early 20th century and then served purely as a store for many years before operating as a local history museum from 1978 to 1993. After significant deterioration in the fabric of the building it was placed on the Heritage at Risk Register. It was then acquired by two entrepreneurs who initiated a programme of restoration works costing £450,000 allowing the building to be brought back into use as a café, bar and events venue: the first stage of the development opened for use in April 2019. See also Listed buildings in Bolton References
Westgate Water Tower

The Westgate Water Tower, also known as the Lincoln Water Tower, is a historic water tower built in 1911. It is located on Westgate, in Lincoln, England. It is a Grade II listed building. History The tower was designed by Reginald Blomfield in the Baroque revival style. It is square in plan and measures 117 feet (36 m) high. The Lincoln Corporation commissioned the project following a typhoid outbreak in 1904–1905, which killed 113 people. To provide a safer supply, the tower drew water from the reservoir at Bracebridge Heath rather than the polluted sources at Hartsholme Lake and the River Witham. The internal tank measures 15.9 metres (52 ft) in diameter and can hold 1.356 million litres of water. It remains in use today and is operated by Anglian Water. References
St Michael-on-the-Mount

St Michael-on-the-Mount is a former parish church in the city of Lincoln in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. A church was originally built on the site in around 1000 AD. This was ruinous by the late 17th century period and was replaced by a new church in the 18th. This was itself superseded by the present church, built to the designs of Samuel Sanders Teulon in 1855-56. The church was declared redundant and deconsecrated in 1998. It now operates as a hotel, The Old Palace Lodge Lincoln. The church is a Grade II listed building. History First church (1000–1740) St Michael on the Mount was originally built with its own churchyard in 1000 AD as one of the many parish churches in the Lincoln area and district. The church is referenced in the Domesday Book, making it one of the oldest recorded churches in Lincoln. It was originally the home of Lincoln's Guild of Corpus Christi in 1350. It was then used as a guild chapel and a chantry was founded in the church by Robert Dyghton in 1521. The church survived the Reformation period but did not survive the English Civil War in 1644 and was later reduced to ruin. After the war, the church was in a state of disrepair, with nothing but the walls still standing. A much smaller church was later built on the site between 1739–1740 by Thomas Sympson. Second church (1856–1998) A new church with same name was built near Christ's Hospital in 1855–1856 by the Gothic Revival architect SS Teulon. Teulon's design included a spire, an octagonal bell turret and a finial. The church was listed as a Grade II building in 1969 by Historic England. In 1998, with a dwindling congregation, the church was declared redundant by the Church of England and Diocese of Lincoln, Present day The church underwent a £850,000 renovation which was undertaken by Franklin Ellis Architects on behalf of the Diocese of Lincoln to secure the building and its foundations. It was then converted into a 16-bedroom hotel which retains all the historical parts of the church. It is now in use as the Old Palace Lodge Hotel Lincoln. References Sources Hill, Francis (1948). Medieval Lincoln. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 276368. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Harris, John; Antram, Nicholas (2002). Lincolnshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven, US and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-09620-8.
Church of St Basil and St Paisios, Lincoln

The Church of St Basil and St Paisios, Lincoln also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of St Basil and St Paisios in Lincoln is an active Greek Orthodox Church in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England. The building was formerly St Botolph's Church. History The church is a former Church of England church which was dedicated to St Botolph and was active between 1721 and 2020 or 2021. The church tower was built in 1721 and the nave and north aisle in 1861, with later changes and additions. In 2021, it was sold to the Greek Orthodox Church. The bells were moved from the church as part of the sale. The church is in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, Its rededication is to St. Basil and St. Paisios. The church is a Grade II Listed building. In 2024, support was secured from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to undertake a full survey of the building's fabric. References External links Official website
Lincoln Unitarian Chapel

The Lincoln Unitarian Chapel is a Grade II listed Unitarian church on the High Street in the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England, dating from 1725. The stone porch was added in 1819, and the chapel was extended at the rear in the 19th and 20th centuries. History According to the church's website, the congregation was founded in 1662, and before 1725 met at John Disney's house. The building was recorded as a Presbyterian chapel from 1725 to 1792, a Calvinistic Methodist chapel from 1792 to 1803, a Nonconformist chapel from 1803 to 1837, and has been a Unitarian chapel since 1837, except in 1902–23 when it was not in use. The existing building dates from 1725. The original single room had a porch added in 1819, and an extension to the east (rear) was present by 1887. A further extension to the south face of the rear was present by 1930. The building was restored in 1987. Description The single-storey rectangular building is of red brick, which is mostly rendered, with limestone dressings, under a slate roof. The original Georgian building rests on a stone plinth. The main entrance on the High Street is on the west face and has a central limestone ashlar porch in Jacobean Revival style. The arched entrance has a keystone, with a pediment above. The west face has a pediment with ball finials. The paired windows to this face are of stone, with arched tops; Gothic Revival tracery was subsequently added. The north and south sides have two windows in similar style. The original rear (east) face windows have been partly obscured by the full-width, 19th-century extension, which is in red brick with a chimney. The interior has a pulpit and communion table in oak. References External links Official website