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in August 1939. Following local government re-organisation in 1974, the town hall became the meeting place of Chipping Campden Town Council. An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which included new roofing, was completed in April 2013. Works of art in the town hall include a portrait of the
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for criminals in the basement and it is likely that Joan Perry, and her two sons, John and Richard Perry, who were hanged for the supposed murder of the rent collector, William Harrison, were held in this cell in 1660: Harrison re-appeared several year later in mysterious circumstances and his
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In the mid-18th century the double doorway to the building became the access for a horse-drawn fire engine. A clock was added at the base of the belfry in 1882 but the borough council, which had met in the town hall, was abolished under the
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in the early 19th century. His design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with three bays facing south onto the High Street. On the ground floor, there was a double doorway flanked by
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The external staircase on the north elevation was removed and the south, east and west elevations were remodelled to a design by a local architect and builder, Richard Hulls, in the
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in the attic, while the east elevation featured three round headed openings on the ground floor and a blind panel in the gable above. At roof level, there was a small
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in the central bay and smaller doors in the outer bays, the left-hand of which led to a caretaker's flat. On the first floor, there were two-part windows with
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in around 1520. There was originally an external staircase on the north side of the building leading up to a courtroom on the first floor. There was also a
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in the central and right-hand bays. The west elevation was fenestrated by four-part windows on the first two floors and a
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In the 20th century the town hall was primarily used as an events venue with highlights including a performance by the
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The site in the middle row of the High Street was originally occupied by a
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Municipal building in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England
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Sir Gerard Noel MP and the Noels of Chipping Campden and Exton
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Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War: Letters and Diaries, 1939-1945
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Chipping Campden
52°03′02″N 1°46′53″W / 52.0505°N 1.7814°W / 52.0505; -1.7814
Georgian style
Listed Building
Chipping Campden Town Hall is located in Gloucestershire
Chipping Campden
Gloucestershire
listed building
Norman
St Catherine of Alexandria
lord of the manor
burgesses
rubble masonry
lock-up
Campden Wonder
Georgian style
buttresses
architraves
Diocletian window
belfry
ogee
Municipal Corporations Act 1883
Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria
Earl of Gainsborough
University of Oxford
member of parliament
Sir Gerard Noel
Grade II* listed buildings in Cotswold (district)

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