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was formed in 1974. It subsequently remained vacant in a semi-derelict state until it was acquired by a developer, Globe
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The building was part of a greater development to create a new Town Hall Square, which also involved the building of the
Manchester and County Bank (now the NatWest Bank) on a corner site to the north of the town hall, also completed in 1900, and the Mercer Memorial Tower commemorating the life of
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The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the local urban district council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
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was completed in 1900. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the new square with the end bays, which slightly projected forward, displaying
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