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Old Town Hall, Bakewell

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31: 159: 166: 226:, built in limestone with sandstone dressings, and was completed in 1602, although it may include parts of the earlier chapel. The building was arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with an assembly room on the first floor. The assembly room served as a town hall and courtroom, accommodating the 249:, which had been co-located with the older Chantry School in South Church Street, relocated to the old town hall at that time. There were only nine boys when the school moved into the old town hall. When the headteacher, William Kay, died in 1874, the school closed. The assembly room became a 219:, in the early 17th century. The site he selected was occupied by a small chapel probably associated with the Guild of the Chantry of the Holy Cross. It was a prominent site, which faced down the hill towards the centre of the town. 276:
The two-storey building is constructed of limestone, with sandstone dressings. It is two bays wide, with a wing at the rear, and external steps to the first floor. The walls of the ground floor are stone piers, with wooden
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in South Church Street, and the old town hall was altered. The ground floor continued to be used as a buttermarket, but later also accommodated the local horse drawn fire engine.
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look, with refectory tables, chairs, and heraldic devices in the style of a manorial hall. By the early 21st century, the building was let to the American clothing business
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windows between, and a studded wooden door just to the right of centre. The first floor has two restored windows with stone
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in 1885, with a fishmonger's shop on the ground floor, and remained as such until 1964.
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In 1966, the building was acquired by Maurice Goldstone, an antiques dealer from
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The building was commissioned by Sir John Manners (c. 1534–1611) of
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Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth Ann (1986).
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Municipal building in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
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Bakewell
53°12′45″N 1°40′37″W / 53.2126°N 1.6769°W / 53.2126; -1.6769
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Old Town Hall, Bakewell is located in Derbyshire
Bakewell
Derbyshire
listed building
Haddon Hall
Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland
neoclassical style
petty sessions
quarter sessions
almshouses
Bakewell Market Hall
Lady Manners School
working men's club
Sheffield
medieval
Orvis
leaded light
mullions
parapet
coping
bellcote
Listed buildings in Bakewell


Historic England

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