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County Hall, Preston

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in Stanley Street, as well as the need for additional offices. They decided to procure a new building and selected a site at Fishergate which had previously been occupied by a row of residential properties.
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Inside the building is a memorial, unveiled in 1921, to eighteen "members of the county offices staff who gave their lives for King and Country in the Great War", including one woman,
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In July 1877, county leaders identified the need for enlarged accommodation for the county court, which had been based in the
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In 2011, as part of a cost-cutting initiative, several hundred staff were relocated to the County Hall from other locations.
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and shield above: the principal room was the council chamber. The new building incorporated a new headquarters for the
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The new building, which was designed by the Manchester architect, Henry Littler, in the
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as well as a county records office, formed to preserve important documents.
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County Hall is located in Preston city centre
County Hall is located in Lancashire
Queen Anne revival style
Preston
Lancashire
Preston
Coordinates
53°45′27″N 2°42′33″W / 53.7575°N 2.7091°W / 53.7575; -2.7091
Preston
Lancashire
Lancashire County Council

Sessions House
Queen Anne revival style
fanlight
Lancashire Constabulary
Local Government Act 1888
Lancashire County Council
Moses Holden
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
Lord Derby
Preston Town Hall
Second World War
Isobel Addey Tate


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