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Clacton Town Hall

Clacton Town Hall is a municipal building in Station Road, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Tendring District Council, is a Grade II listed building. History Following population growth, largely associated with the tourism industry, Clacton-on-Sea was designated an urban district in 1894. The new council established its offices on the first floor of a building on the corner of Rosemary Road and the High Street, which had been designed in the Victorian style and completed in 1894. The ground floor was occupied by a bank and there was a theatre known as the Operetta House at the back of the building. In the early 1920s, civic leaders decided to procure a dedicated town hall: the site they selected on the west side of Station Road had been occupied by a potato field. Two former army buildings were acquired in an adjacent field in 1923 for use as temporary council offices while preparatory work was put underway. Construction of the new building started in 1928. It was designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas in the Neo-Georgian style, was built in brown brick with stone dressings and was officially opened by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 14 April 1931. The design of the new building involved a symmetrical main frontage with fifteen bays facing onto the Station Road; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured a full-height tetrastyle portico with composite order columns flanked by Doric order piers supporting an entablature bearing the words "Clacton Town Hall" and a pediment above. The carvings in the tympanum consisted of a wreath flanked by a pair of swags. There were three archways with keystones behind the portico, each with a carved swag above. The design of the two wings, each of six bays, involved end bays which slightly projected forward as pavilions and featured sash windows on the ground floor with Diocletian windows above. The other bays in the wings contained sash windows on the ground floor and dormer windows at attic level. Internally, the principal rooms included a theatre, known as the Princes Theatre in honour of Prince Arthur, with a proscenium arch at the rear of the building; the other main rooms included the council chamber in the south wing and the library in the north wing. The town hall continued to serve as the local seat of government after the enlarged Tendring District Council was formed in 1974. The 21st century saw the theatre becoming an approved venue for weddings and civil partnerships. It also became a professional boxing venue in 2019, after an interval of some 80 years, and was declared Venue of the Year by the British and Irish Boxing Authority in January 2020. In January 2021, planning consent was given for the council to restore one of the main committee rooms, which had been used in recent years as a Housing Department reception area. Works of art in the town hall include a painting by the artist, Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn, depicting a Dutch skating scene. References
Chippenham Town Hall

Chippenham Town Hall is a 19th-century municipal building in the High Street, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Chippenham Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building. History After significant population growth, largely associated with the cloth trade, Chippenham became a municipal borough in 1835. In this context, civic leaders decided to accept the offer of the local member of parliament, Joseph Neeld, who had recently bought the nearby Grittleton House estate, to pay for a new town hall to replace the ageing Yelde Hall in the Market Place. The site they selected had been occupied by a public house, The Cannon Inn. The new building was designed by James Thomson in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone at a cost of £12,000 and completed in 1834. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with four bays facing onto the High Street with the right hand bay projected forward; the left hand section featured a loggia of three bays each with openings on the ground floor flanked by full-height plain pilasters; there were three-light mullioned windows in each of the bays on the first floor and, above that, a panel bearing the inscription "The Corporation of Chippenham erected the Arms of Joseph Neeld Esq, the founder of this Hall and Market Place in acknowledgement of his private munificence 1851". Above the panel was a cornice and a parapet bearing the coat of arms of Joseph Neeld. Internally, the principal rooms were the market hall, on the ground floor, and the council chamber, on the first floor. The town hall was extended to the rear between 1848 and 1850 to create a large cheese hall which later became known as the "Neeld Hall". The building was converted into an auxiliary war hospital for wounded soldiers operated by the local Voluntary Aid Detachment during the First World War. In the 1960s, the Neeld Hall was regularly used as an events venue: performers hosting concerts there included the rock band, The Kinks in September 1964 and the rock band The Who in May 1965. The building continued to serve as the headquarters of Chippenham Borough Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged North Wiltshire District Council was formed in 1974. Following completion of a major programme of refurbishment works in 1999, the Chippenham Town Council moved their own offices into the building. Additional improvements were made to the air conditioning, lighting and acoustics in the Neeld Hall in 2015 to enable it to function as a community and arts centre. References
St Francis' Church, Low Marishes

St Francis' Church is a chapel of ease in Low Marishes, a village in the civil parish of Marishes, in North Yorkshire, England. The church was constructed in 1861, as a chapel of ease to St Peter and St Paul's Church, Pickering. It is in the 13th-century Gothic style, with a prominent spire. Its designer is unknown, but the church claims that "the competence of its design suggests the work of a major architect". A porch was added in about 1870. The church was grade II listed in 1996. In 2004, it was discovered that the church had never received a licence for public worship. When one was granted, the church was dedicated to Saint Francis. The church is built of red brick, with dressings in blue brick and stone, and a slate roof. It consists of a nave and a chancel in one cell, and an added west porch. On the roof is a square wooden bell turret with an octagonal shingled spire. On the north and south walls are buttresses, and recessed pointed arches containing circular windows. Inside, there are a wooden chancel screen, altar, reredos, altar rail, octagonal pulpit and pews. See also Listed buildings in Marishes References
The White Horse, Hertford

The White Horse is a public house on the south side of Castle Street, Hertford, England. The pub occupies numbers 31 and 33 Castle Street, two of a group of three grade II listed houses that also includes number 35. The timber-framed buildings date from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries with later additions. The pub is under the management of Fullers Brewery. References External links White Horse, UK Pub History and London.
The Red House, Aldeburgh

The Red House, in the coastal town of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, was the home of the composer Benjamin Britten, from 1957 until his death in 1976, and of his partner, Peter Pears, until the latter's death in 1986. It is now one of two headquarters for Britten Pears Arts, with the other being Snape Maltings Concert Hall. History The origins of the house are late-17th century when the building was a farmhouse. Extended in the three subsequent centuries, it was bought in 1951 by the writer Stephen Potter and his wife, the painter Mary Potter. Following the Potters' divorce and Stephen Potter's departure from Aldeburgh, Mary Potter and Britten exchanged houses in 1957, Potter taking Crag House, which Britten had bought in 1947. Britten lived at the house as his main residence until his death in 1976; after Pears' death a decade later, it was established as the base for the Britten-Pears Foundation. The Britten-Pears Foundation reinstated Britten's grand piano to the first-floor studio in the Red House grounds as part of a £4.7 million restoration project in 2013. The Foundation promotes Britten and Pears' music legacy, and the buildings and grounds at The Red House serve this end, being open to the public and the setting for an archive of Britten's work, exhibition spaces, and a centre for music research. The Foundation also manages the house and the associated art collection, including sculpture by Geoffrey Clarke and Georg Ehrlich. The art collection, comprising some 1,300 works, is predominately that built up by Britten and Pears, although the Foundation has made acquisitions of its own, either of art relating to Britten's work, or of artists influenced by him. Architecture The original farmhouse was constructed of red brick, on a timber frame in the late 17th century. Extensions in the 18th and 19th centuries created a house of a double-pile plan, with two storeys and three bays. Further extensions were made in the twentieth century during Britten's ownership, and subsequently by the Britten-Pears Foundation. These include a porch by Peter Collymore from 1967, studios by Collymore and by H. T. Cadbury-Brown from the 1950s and 1960s, an Exhibition Gallery from 1993 and an Archive Building from 2011-13 by Stanton Williams. References Sources Bettley, James; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2015). Suffolk: East. The Buildings of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-19654-2. OCLC 910928847. External links Official website
St James' Church, Eve Hill

St James' Church is an Anglican church in Eve Hill, in Dudley, West Midlands, England, and in the Diocese of Worcester. It was built in 1840, and it is Grade II listed. History Dudley grew in the early 19th century, so that the existing churches, of St Edmund and St Thomas, were insufficient for the population. St James was built as a sister church to St John's Church in the Kates Hill area of Dudley; both were designed in Early English style by William Bourne and were built from 1838 to 1840. They were dedicated by the Bishop of Worcester Robert Carr in July 1840, this church being dedicated, like Dudley Priory, to St James. The building was funded by private subscriptions, donations from the Worcester Society for erecting churches, and from the Church Commissioners. It originally seated about 1000 people, the number being later reduced. Both churches were originally chapels of ease to the Church of St Thomas. The Parish of St James was created in 1844. Restoration and improvements were carried out in 1869: the chancel and clerestory were rebuilt, galleries were added, and an organ chamber and vestry were added. Description There is a nave with north and south aisles, galleries above the aisles, and a chancel. The west tower has tall lancet-shaped bell-openings in pairs on each side of the upper stage. The arcades, of seven bays, to the aisles have thin columns with foliage capitals. There is an ornate wrought-iron rood screen. The pulpit, given to the church in 1869, is of Caen stone and depicts saints and biblical figures. The font was given to the church in 1869 by the vicar of Dudley, the Rev James Caulfield Browne. The stained-glass east window, of three lights, was given to the church by the widow of John Roberts, a surgeon who died in 1850. References
County House, Nottingham

County House is a Grade II* listed building at 23 High Pavement in Nottingham, England. History A house has existed on this site since at least the 16th century and parts of the house date from that time. In 1646 it was owned by Thomas Hutchinson (MP) and occupied by Lady Hutchinson, mother of Colonel Hutchinson. The front was reconstructed in 1728–33 for William Hallowes. Alterations were made in 1742, and it was again remodelled in 1833 when it was converted into the Judges' lodging by the architects Henry Moses Wood and John Nicholson. For a brief period in 1887 it was lived in by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll. The lodgings had to be specially furnished for her stay at the expense of the Mayor of Nottingham. In 1922 it was then converted to County Council offices, with additions in 1930. Two adjacent properties, 17 and 19, were demolished in 1931 to provide car parking for the court opposite. There were further additions to County House in 1949. It housed the Nottinghamshire County Record Office from 1966 to 1992. It was designated a Grade II* listed building in 1972. In 2009 it was bought by Finesse Collection, the owners of the Lace Market Hotel but the extension of the hotel did not proceed, and it was put into the hands of receivers after a legal dispute. In 2014 it was up for sale again. In 2018 proposals were made to transform the building into a bar, restaurant, offices, and apartments, but the plans were never realised, leaving the future of County House uncertain. As of 2024, the building was vacant and in need of repairs. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Listed buildings in Nottingham (Bridge ward) References
Cross Daggers

The Cross Daggers is a restaurant and former pub in Woodhouse, Sheffield, England. The building overlooks the village stocks as well as the cross. Although it has mostly been used as a pub, in more recent years it has been used to house various restaurants. It is one of 362 listed buildings in South Yorkshire. It is Grade II listed, the lowest and most common listing. List of landlords John and Mary Staniforth (nee Hurt) c. 1830 Robert Staniforth and Charlotte (née Whitehead) c. 1880s References
Portobello Bridge

Portobello Bridge is a grade II listed road bridge across the River Avon between the towns of Warwick and Leamington Spa, in Warwickshire, England. It carries the A445 Emscote Road, historically the main route between Warwick and Rugby. History The bridge was originally built in 1831. The building contractor was Thomas Townshend, and the design has been attributed to John Nichol, County Surveyor. Its construction was paid for by local landowner Bertie Greatheed and the Earl of Warwick to replace an older bridge nearby which had failed. The earlier structure, Emscote Bridge, was in existence by 1625 but became so unsafe that it was demolished in 1830 and replaced by the present bridge 20 yards (18 m) downstream. It cost £9,000. The bridge, which was restored in 1892, formed part of the route for the Leamington & Warwick Tramways & Omnibus Company from 1881 until its closure in 1930. Close to the bridge, in 1857, water began to be drawn for the river to supply Warwick, and a pumping station was built shortly afterwards. Description Portobello Bridge is a masonry bridge with 3 spans in the form of wide elliptical arches, made of brick with ashlar facing. Each arch has rusticated detail in its voussoir, and large niches are set into each pier. There are pedestrian walkways on both sides: that on the north side dates from the late 19th century and is of wrought iron with a latticework parapet, while the southern walkway was added in the mid-20th century and has steel railings. The arches are supported by moulded plinths. Warwick District Council describes the bridge and the adjacent undeveloped riverbanks as "form[ing] part of the critical green gap" between Warwick and Leamington Spa. See also List of crossings of the River Avon, Warwickshire Media related to Portobello Bridge, Warwickshire at Wikimedia Commons References
Gloucester Crown Court

Gloucester Crown Court is a Crown Court venue which deals with criminal cases at Bearland, Gloucester, England. The court, which is located at the back of Gloucester Shire Hall, is a grade II listed building. History The original venue for judicial hearings in Gloucester was the Booth Hall in Westgate Street which dated from the mid-16th century. However, it was also used as an entertainment venue and, by the early 19th century, it became necessary to commission a dedicated courthouse. The building was designed by Sir Robert Smirke in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and opened in August 1816. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage in the form of a polygon of nine equal sides facing onto Bearland. The central bay featured a portico, which was projected forward, contained a round headed doorway with a fanlight and was surmounted by a parapet; it was flanked by single-storey porters' offices on either side. The main two-storey structure behind was fenestrated by plain sash windows on the ground floor and by alternating round headed windows and round headed blind recesses on the first floor, and was surmounted by a parapet. Internally, the principal rooms were two full-height semi-circular courtrooms separated by a main corridor which was accessed through the portico. The separate courtrooms enabled nisi prius i.e. civil cases and criminal cases to be tried simultaneously, and the gallery could accommodate 400 people. The building was used for the assizes and for the court of quarter sessions and, following implementation of the Courts Act 1971, for hearings of the Crown Court. Notable cases have included the trial and conviction in April 2021, of the footballer, Shayne Bradley, for stalking his girlfriend. They have also included the trial and conviction of teenager, Harley Demmon, in November 2021, for the murder of another teenager, Josh Hall. See also Gloucester Court of Probate (no longer used as a court) References External links Media related to Gloucester Crown Court at Wikimedia Commons
Royal Cinema, Sutton Coldfield

The Royal Cinema, originally the Odeon Cinema and later the Empire Cinema, is a cinema in Maney, Sutton Coldfield in West Midlands, England. Built in 1936, it is notable for its Art Deco style. It is a Grade II listed building. After the Empire closed in 2020, it opened after refurbishment as the Royal Cinema in July 2024. History The Odeon The cinema is situated on Maney Corner, at the junction of Holland Road with the A5127 Birmingham Road. It was built as one of the Odeon Cinemas of Oscar Deutsch. The architect was Cecil Clavering of the Harry Weedon partnership. The style, by the same firm, was first produced for the Odeon, Kingstanding, and further Odeon Cinemas in similar style were built in York, Harrogate and Scarborough. The listing text describes that the foyer, staircase and auditorium are "each defined as a separate block in a complex, carefully massed and expressionistic composition" inspired by the Titania-Palast in Berlin, built in 1928. The cinema opened on 18 April 1936; the first film shown was First a Girl. It seated 1028 in the stalls and 572 in the balcony. From April 1972 there were three screens: one was viewed from the balcony, and two, each seating 132, were created in the rear stalls below. A fourth screen was created in 1987 in the former front stalls. The Empire In 2006, Empire Cinemas took over this and several other Odeon Cinemas, and it was renamed the Empire Cinema. It closed in March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic; after briefly re-opening later in the year, it closed in November 2020. The Royal The cinema was bought by PDJ Cinemas in 2023, and after refurbishment, including new screens, sound systems, seating and Art Deco features, it opened in July 2024 as the Royal Cinema. There are four screens, seating 456 in total; the largest, Screen 1, in the former circle, seats about 200. References External links Media related to Empire Cinema, Sutton Coldfield at Wikimedia Commons
Church of St Andrew, Netherton

The Church of St Andrew, Netherton is an Anglican parish church situated in Netherton in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. The building was designed by Thomas Lee and it opened in 1830. In 1844 it became the parish church for Netherton. History Netherton, like many Black Country industrial areas contained many non-conformist chapels. It did not have an Anglican church until 16 July 1830, when St Andrew's was consecrated and opened by the Lord Bishop of Worcester. The foundation stone of the church had been laid by Dr. Booker, the Vicar of Dudley, on 30 November 1827. The building, designed by Thomas Lee, was a Commissioners' church funded by parliament. It was constructed in the Early English style and cost £8000 to complete. The land on which the church was built was donated by the Earl of Dudley. The churchyard contains the mass unmarked graves of the victims of cholera that struck Dudley in 1831 and 1832. It was originally just a chapel-at-ease to St Thomas's of Dudley, only becoming Netherton's parish church on December 1, 1844. The first incumbent vicar was the Rev. F.S. Bradshaw, appointed in 1845. The church underwent restoration in 1862. Furnishings added in the late 19th century and early 20th century include a font, an alabaster reredos, a pulpit, a wrought iron screen and a lectern. In February 1908, a pinnacle was blown over causing £300 worth of damage to the west end of the church. A vestry was added to the east end of the church in 1938. The building is Grade II listed. Situation St Andrew's is situated on Netherton Hill at the highest point in Netherton. The church is surrounded by the gravestones of many of the former residents of the area. The main entrance is from Highbridge Road. Description The church has been described as "a very good example of an almost unaltered Commissioners' church". It was constructed in Early English style. It is of brick construction with Gornal stone (sandstone) facing and a slate roof. A tower with four pinnacles stands at the west end of the church. Inside, the church is 98 feet in length and 54 feet in width with a gallery on the north, west and south sides. The organ, supplied by T.H.Harrison of Rochdale is at the north east end of the gallery. The gallery is supported by iron pillars. Furnishings include the original wooden box pews. The oak altar, designed by the vicar, S.J. Marriot, was installed on News Year's Eve, 1887. The clock, supplied by Bensons of London and installed in the tower, was partially funded by sports events held at the nearby Netherton Cricket Ground. Diocese The church is part of the Diocese of Worcester. It is under the authority of the Bishop of Dudley, Martin Gorick and the Venerable Nikki Groarke, Archdeacon of Dudley. The incumbent vicar is Rev Richard Hackett. References
The Courthouse, Thirsk

The Courthouse is a historic building in the Sowerby area of Thirsk, a town in North Yorkshire, in England. A courthouse was constructed in the town in about 1840. Between 1885 and 1886, a new courthouse was built next door, and the original building was converted into a house for the inspector. The building was extended to the rear in the 20th century. The court closed in the late 20th century, and the building was converted into a base for the Rural Arts charity. The charity describes it as "the only professionally run cross-arts centre" in the county. The building was grade II listed in 1998, and was refurbished in 2021. The inspector's house is built of brick with stone dressings and a shallow hipped slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays. It has a central round-headed doorway and sash windows. The court house is joined to the house by a link containing a doorway. The court house is in stone with a slate roof. On the front are windows flanked by Doric pilasters, above which is an entablature, and a pediment containing a circular window. In front of the buildings is a low brick wall with stone coping and a gate. See also Listed buildings in Sowerby, North Yorkshire References External links Official website