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Motherwell Civic Centre

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31: 160: 167: 704: 242:), featured continuous stone facing panels above and below a continuous row of windows on six floors with a separate council chamber jutting out to the east of the main structure: the design also included a multi-purpose concert hall and theatre which was built to the west of the civic centre and was part financed by the 219:, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built civic centre: the site selected at the corner of Airbles Road and Windmillhill Street had previously been occupied by residential properties with a public house on the corner itself. 305: 754: 280:, based at the civic centre, in April 1996. A comprehensive programme of refurbishment works to the concert hall and theatre, costing £6 million, was completed in November 2011. 724: 764: 300: 159: 739: 729: 276:
Regional Council in May 1975. It remained the Motherwell District Council headquarters until the abolition of the Strathclyde Region led to the formation of
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Following the official opening, the concert hall and theatre hosted an initial "carol pageant" and then followed this up with a regular programme of
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The civic centre was the headquarters of the Burgh of Motherwell and Wishaw Council until it was replaced by
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in Hamilton Road. After a period of rapid population expansion associated with the growth of the
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List of listed buildings in Motherwell And Wishaw, North Lanarkshire
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event) was also held within the complex during the 1990s.
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The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the
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The facility was commissioned to replace the ageing
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Motherwell
55°47′01″N 3°58′57″W / 55.7837°N 3.9825°W / 55.7837; -3.9825
Brutalist style
Listed Building
Motherwell Civic Centre is located in North Lanarkshire
Motherwell
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire Council
listed building
Motherwell Town Hall
Ravenscraig steelworks
provost
Brutalist style
Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire
Lord Clydesmuir
A721 road
Scottish Arts Council
Scottish Civic Trust
pantomimes
snooker
Scottish Masters
Motherwell District Council
Strathclyde
North Lanarkshire Council
listed building
Historic Environment Scotland
List of city chambers and town halls in Scotland
List of listed buildings in Motherwell And Wishaw, North Lanarkshire

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