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Narberth Town Hall

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As the responsibilities of the urban district council increased, it became necessary to establish offices for the council officers and their departments at Bank House in St James Street. The building continued to serve as a meeting place and town hall for Narberth Urban District Council for much of
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The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing north up the High Street; it featured two flights of steps, on either side of the central bay, providing access to a round-headed doorway on the first floor. The building was remodelled to a design by the county surveyor,
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and courthouse. The site that the civic officials selected was occupied by a water tank from where the local people collected their water. It was designed in the
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By the mid-19th century the building had become dilapidated and the magistrates vacated the courtroom on the first floor. The room was instead used as a
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was formed in 1974. Following an extensive programme of refurbishment works, carried out to a design by Wyn Jones of
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Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert; Scourfield, Richard; Hughes, Stephen (2004).
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in 1902. The new council adopted the mechanics' institute as its regular meeting place.
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with a library and a reading room. A tower, with a clock designed and manufactured by
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in memory of a former president of the mechanics institute, Robert Ward, in 1912.
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the 20th century but ceased to be local seat of government when the enlarged
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Visiting speakers at the mechanics institute included the
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The County of Pembroke (Narberth) Confirmation Order 1902
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Narberth
51°47′54″N 4°44′36″W / 51.7982°N 4.7434°W / 51.7982; -4.7434
William Owen
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Narberth Town Hall is located in Pembrokeshire
Welsh
Narberth, Pembrokeshire
Wales
listed building
lock-up
neoclassical style
rubble masonry
Robeston Wathen
William Owen
voussoirs
Rebecca Riots
protests
mechanics' institute
J. W. Benson
Ludgate Hill
pyramid
bellcote
urban district
suffragette
Emmeline Pankhurst
Templeton
South Pembrokeshire District Council
Haverfordwest

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