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Holyhead Town Hall

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which, as well as being used as a venue for holding markets, also hosted the local law court hearings. In December 1873, a group of local businessmen formed a company to raise finance for a new public hall and to commission its construction: the site they selected in Newry Street was owned by William
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with the town hall as its headquarters in 1894. As well as being a venue for civic events, the town hall was licensed as a cinema from 1910. The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of the urban district council for much of the 20th century, but ceased to be the local seat of government
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in 1974. Instead, it became the offices and meeting place of Holyhead Town Council. An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which involved the creation of four new offices above the main assembly hall, was completed by DU Construction in April 2007.
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The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Newry Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, featured a deeply recessed arched doorway with a stone surround on the ground floor and a pair of slightly recessed
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A plaque to commemorate the centenary of the sinking of two ships, which had regularly sailed from Holyhead and had employed many local people amongst the crew, was unveiled at the town hall in November 2015: these were the passenger ship,
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and a stage; there was also a club room and a room for the freemasons to hold their meetings. The floor in the entrance hall featured some colourful tiles manufactured by Henry C. Webb of
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on the first floor. There was an open gable above, which contained a pair of
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Holyhead
53°18′49″N 4°38′00″W / 53.3137°N 4.6333°W / 53.3137; -4.6333
Gothic Revival style
Holyhead Town Hall is located in Anglesey
Welsh
Holyhead
Holyhead Market Hall
Caernarfonshire
Gothic Revival style
Tanymarian
baritone
James Sauvage
member of parliament
Morgan Lloyd
sash windows
colonettes
mullioned
tracery
oculus
buttresses
proscenium arch
Worcester
urban district
Ynys Mon Borough Council
Llangefni
HMS Tara
HMHS Anglia
Imperial German Navy
First World War

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