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Old Town Hall, Tadcaster

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The three-storey building is built of brick, with stone dressings. Its roof is slate, and it has a first-floor balcony constructed of wrought iron. The ground floor has been replaced, and it now has a carriage entrance with wooden doors at the left-hand side, and then a 20th-century bay window to
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got into financial difficulties and sold the Tadcaster estate, including the town hall, in 1873. The building remained an important venue for community events and the balcony was the place where the parliamentary election results for
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were announced. Petty session hearings were also held in the building on a fortnightly basis, and county court hearings were held there on a bi-monthly basis.
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In the early 20th century, the first floor of the building became the Cosy Picture House cinema, which operated until 1938. After the
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the right. The first floor has tall round-headed windows, which extend up to the second floor, above which there is a
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hotel closed in the early 1970s, both the hotel and the town hall were acquired in 1976 for use as the head office of
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Former municipal building in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England
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Tadcaster
53°53′02″N 1°15′41″W / 53.8838°N 1.2615°W / 53.8838; -1.2615
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Old Town Hall, Tadcaster is located in North Yorkshire
Tadcaster
North Yorkshire
Samuel Smith's Brewery
listed building
George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont
Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough
town hall
neoclassical style
William Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough
Barkston Ash
Londesborough Arms
Samuel Smith Old Brewery
grade II listed
pediment



Historic England
"1, High Street (1316684)"
National Heritage List for England


"Lords of the Manor"
Racing Calendar Containing an Account of the Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes, Run for in Great-Britain and Ireland in the Year 1853

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