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Old Town Hall, Whitby

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177: 31: 184: 233:, by the architect Jonathan Pickernell, who also constructed the two inner piers in Whitby Harbour between 1781 and 1812. It is located in the Old Town area of Whitby on the east side. The town hall was built when the market place was laid out to replace the earlier market place that was located on the west side of the 241:
The Old Town Hall served as the location for the first meeting of the Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society in September 1823. The society was started to provide funding and space to display fossils found in the environs of Whitby town. The present day location of this museum is in Pannett Park
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at the west end of the bridge. The town hall measures 11 yards (10 m) in length and 9 yards (8.2 m) in width and was furnished with a clock at the expense of the town (the building being paid for privately). The clock tower also holds a bell which was tolled to start any court process.
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columns. This allowed the undercroft to be used for market trading. The upper floor, accessed by a spiral staircase in the centre of the lower floor, is where the
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The building was given listed status in 1954 and was renovated in 1987 but is prone to decay with some stone falling off the top of one of the columns.
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used to meet. Sometimes guilty parties would have to occupy the stocks outside the building. The arches on the upper floor are
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Historic England image of Church Street with the clock tower of the Old Town Hall visible
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is a building on the Kirkgate section of Church Street, in the Old Town area of
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The building has an open ground floor with the upper floor supported by
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Whitby Conservation Area – Character Appraisal & Management Plan
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The building was commissioned and paid for by the local
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Municipal building in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
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Whitby
Borough of Scarborough
North Yorkshire
54°29′16″N 0°36′44″W / 54.4878°N 0.6122°W / 54.4878; -0.6122 (Old Town Hall, Whitby)
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
1261706
Old Town Hall, Whitby is located in North Yorkshire
Whitby
North Yorkshire
lord of the manor
Nathaniel Cholmley
neoclassical style
River Esk
Tuscan
Court Leet
Court of Piepowder
pedimented
"Competition: Old Town Hall, Whitby"
ISBN
978-1409371045
"Whitby Heritage Trail"
Young 1817
OCLC
82021591
ProQuest
1490976762
"Whitby Lit & Phil - Whitby Online"
"Whitby Literary and Philosophical Society"

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