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County Hall, Beverley

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162: 31: 169: 288:. A large modern office block, intended to create additional facilities for the county council, was built on Champney Road and opened in 1983. Local government was reorganised again, with the abolition of Humberside County Council in 1996, and county hall became the offices of the new 244:, was completed in 1891. The design involved a main frontage with eleven bays facing onto Cross Street; the left-hand section of five bays, which was symmetrical, featured an elaborately carved stone doorway on the ground floor flanked by 229:. After deciding the old Sessions House and Guildhall were inadequate for their needs, county leaders chose to procure a new county headquarters: the site selected in Cross Street had been occupied by the former 589: 264:, with tall mullion windows on the first and second floors. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber which contained fine furniture carved by the wood carver and cabinet maker, James Elwell. 161: 401: 604: 488: 57: 561: 329: 441: 599: 324: 293: 241: 198: 111: 278: 380:"'Public Institutions', in A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume 6, the Borough and Liberties of Beverley" 463: 252:
windows on the first floor; the right-hand section of six bays, which was asymmetrical, featured a porch flanked by
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Following the abolition of East Riding County Council in 1974, the building became the offices of
427: 379: 226: 489:"Plaque commemorating Winifred Holtby, County Hall, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England" 594: 510: 289: 351: 320: 268: 245: 202: 123: 271:, attended council meetings in the council chamber to obtain inspiration for her book 30: 583: 261: 253: 72: 59: 257: 190: 41: 249: 442:"Doors to the council chamber to be opened for heritage open days" 176:
Location of County Hall, Beverley in the East Riding of Yorkshire
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at that time. The council chamber was refurbished in late 2019.
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A new purpose-built building, designed by R. G. Smith and
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County building in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
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Beverley
East Riding of Yorkshire
53°50′27″N 0°25′49″W / 53.8409°N 0.4302°W / 53.8409; -0.4302
Frederick Stead Brodrick
Flemish Renaissance style
Listed Building
County Hall, Beverley is located in East Riding of Yorkshire
Beverley
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
listed building
Local Government Act 1888
East Riding County Council
Sessions House
Guildhall
Mechanics Institute
Frederick Stead Brodrick
Flemish Renaissance style
composite order
mullion
Doric order
pediment
coat of arms
Winifred Holtby
South Riding
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
Humberside County Council
unitary authority
East Riding of Yorkshire Council

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