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retained the main 1895 building on the north side of Martin Street which contains the main civic rooms, and continued to hold full meetings of the county council in the council chamber there. The civic rooms in County
Buildings were also made available for weddings and civil partnerships. The building is also used for full council meetings of Stafford Borough Council, following the sale of the borough council's old Guildhall in the Market Square to become a shopping centre and bank in 1990.
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262:. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber which featured plasterwork by Frederick Schenck as well as figures sculpted by William Aumonier. Additional offices in a similar style were subsequently built on the opposite southern side of Martin Street in 1913 and 1925.
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