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After Midleton Urban District Council, formed in 1900, started to use the building as a town hall, a town clerk's office was established at 45 Main Street, on the directly opposite side of the road. The market house also eventually became the home of the local library. An extensive programme of
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and was completed in 1789. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto Main Street. The building was arcaded, so that markets could be held, with meeting rooms on the first floor. There were five openings with
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above. Internally, the principal rooms were a shambles, a weigh-house and a market hall on the ground floor and an assembly room and council chamber for the use of Midleton Corporation on the first floor.
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Midleton Urban District Council, Town Clerk's Office, Pearse Memorial Chambers, 45 Main Street, Midleton, County Cork
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The building in its original form was commissioned by Sir St John Brodrick of Ballyannan who was granted rights as
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of the Ballyannan Estate to the southwest of Midleton in 1670. It was complete by the time of the publication of
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refurbishment works to restore the fabric of the building to its original condition was completed in 2008.
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Table 2.1.1 Record of Protected Structures 02521 Town Hall (former) Main Street, Midleton
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invited proposals for the rebuilding of the structure in the early 1780s.
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and keystones on the first floor. At roof level, there was a
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were billeted in the building, in the aftermath of the
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The new structure was designed by John Morrison in the
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Municipal building in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland
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Midleton Library is located in County Cork
Italianate style
Midleton
Ireland
Coordinates
51°54′50″N 8°10′22″W / 51.9140°N 8.1729°W / 51.9140; -8.1729
Irish
Irish
Midleton
County Cork
Cork County Council
Record of Protected Structures
lord of the manor
Sir William Petty
George Brodrick, 4th Viscount Midleton
Italianate style
limestone
imposts
voussoirs
keystones
architraves
parapet
cupola
belfry
ogee
dome
weather vane
Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840
14th Regiment of Foot

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