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on 30 November 1933. The design involved a symmetrical frontage with seventeen bays facing onto City Square; the central section of five bays featured arcading for retail use on the ground floor, a stone balcony on the first floor and double-height windows on the first and second floors; there were
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made from glass taken from the original chandeliers in the old town house were also installed in the council chamber. The east wing of the building, closest to the
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