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Flint Town Hall

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The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the Flint Borough Council until 1966, when a new building called Guildhall was built at the corner of Chapel Street and Church Street. Following local government reorganisation in 1974, the new guildhall passed to the successor
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stone at a cost of £1,734 and was completed in February 1840. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the Market Square; the central bay, which was projected forward, originally featured an arched doorway on the ground floor; there was a
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The first municipal building in Flint was a half timbered town hall which was completed in the early 16th century. After the old building became dilapidated, civic leaders decided to demolish it and to erect a new town hall, financed by
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made from timbers recovered from the first town hall, and the mayor's parlour. The mayor's parlour was decorated at the expense of one of the burgesses, Ross Mahon, by fifteen panels, painted by Joseph Hall and depicting the
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above. The central bay was flanked by full-height castellated turrets. The outer bays were represented by the side elevations of two lean-to wings. Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber, which featured a
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hearings were held there. Six stained glass windows, designed by a Mr Drewitt depicting the six monarchs who had granted the town its charters, were installed in the council chamber in 1886. Representatives of the
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in August 1399, promising to abdicate the throne if his life was spared, while Mostyn defended Flint Castle on behalf of the
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and the town hall in Flint until the early twentieth century, before deciding to base itself solely in Mold.
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When Flintshire County Council was established in 1889, it initially held its meetings in rotation between
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attended the town hall to receive the freedom of the borough in August 1947.
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Works of art in the town hall include portraits by Thomas Leonard Hughes of
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The portrait of Richard II is based on a similar depiction of the king in
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384th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
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on the first floor, and an archway, a stepped gable and a stone
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View of the current town hall shortly after it was built in 1840
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Flint
53°15′00″N 3°08′01″W / 53.2500°N 3.1337°W / 53.2500; -3.1337
Gothic Revival style
Listed Building
Flint Town Hall is located in Flintshire
Welsh
Flint, Flintshire
listed building

public subscription
Gothic Revival style
ashlar
Venetian window
balcony
wrought-iron
balustrade
finial
hammerbeam roof
Fifteen Tribes of Wales
ancient borough
Municipal Corporations Act 1835
municipal borough
petty session
384th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
Mold
Rhyl
Delyn Borough Council
community council
purple plaque

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