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Denbigh Town Hall

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176: 236: 40: 183: 340:, was erected and unveiled in front of the building in 1923. After a purpose-built cinema was established in the town, film shows ceased in the 1940s and the dome was removed from the roof for reasons of safety in the 1950s. Visiting speakers included the 492: 611:
She was 97 when she stood on a platform in Denbigh town hall; she was ramrod straight, had what must have been an 18 inch waist as well as a mass of white hair, and was dressed in black.
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The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto Crown Lane. The central section of three bays, which was slightly recessed, featured three openings with
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above. There was originally a large dome on the roof. Internally, the principal rooms were the new market hall on the ground floor and the council chamber on the first floor.
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and completed in 1848. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the mayor, Thomas Lloyd Jones, on 25 March 1915. It was designed by Charles Ernest Elcock in the
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The building continued to serve as the meeting place of the borough council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
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above. The second bay on the left took the form of a curved stairwell tower with a doorway on the ground floor, a single window on the first floor and a
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In the early 20th century, civic leaders decided to commission a more substantial building: the site selected was occupied by a market hall designed by
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was formed in 1974. Instead, the building became the meeting place of Denbigh Town Council. Works of art in the town hall include a portrait of
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The first municipal building in the town was the old town hall, later referred to as the county hall, in Vale Street which was commissioned by
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in the form of a winged figure of peace, which was intended to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the
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A cinema was established in the building so that silent films could be shown in March 1919. A war memorial, designed by
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roof above. The second bay on the right also took the form of a stairwell tower but with a doorway on the ground floor,
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on the second floor. The second and third floor windows were flanked by pilasters supporting an
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The old town hall, later referred to as the county hall and now used as a library
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hearings, it had been the regular meeting place of the borough council.
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and completed in 1572. In addition to being the venue for the
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inscribed with the words "Denbigh Borough Markets", with a
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and gave a talk in the town hall in Denbigh in 1970.
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Denbigh
53°11′03″N 3°25′11″W / 53.1841°N 3.4197°W / 53.1841; -3.4197
Arts and Crafts style
Listed Building
Denbigh Town Hall is located in Denbighshire
Welsh
Denbigh
Denbighshire
Wales
listed building

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
magistrates' court
Thomas Fulljames
Arts and Crafts style
Chester
roughcast
reinforced concrete
voussoirs
keystones
pilasters
wrought iron
mullioned
transomed
sandstone
oculi
entablature
parapet
conical

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