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were not large enough to accommodate the enlarged authority, so the new civic leaders decided to acquire the Southdown Hydro Hotel which was conveniently located just to the rear of the old public offices. The former hotel was converted and brought into use as "a modern and well-equipped town hall"
268:. The bays were all gabled, with the outer bays featuring large gables than the inner bays. The interior decoration included Minton tiles on the walls and fine stained glass windows. The proprietor, a Mrs Spyree, claimed that the building enjoyed "the best situation facing pier and sea." 248:, built in stone quarried in East Lancashire and was completed in 1898. The design involved a main frontage with six bays facing onto the South Promenade; the third bay from the left featured a porch with a round headed entrance flanked by pairs of 292:
which was assembled following further donations by other members of the Booth family, by the former mayor, Alderman James Herbert Dawson, and by other benefactors. The building went on to become the local seat of government for the enlarged
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In 1922, St Anne's-on-the-Sea Urban District Council merged with Lytham Urban District Council to form Lytham St Annes Metropolitan Borough. Lytham Urban District Council did not have a permanent headquarters at that time and
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The building was originally commissioned by William John Porritt through his development business, the
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in 1925. Internally, the principal new room created was the council chamber.
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bay windows and, on the second floor, by two-light pedimented
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Municipal building in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England
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In June 1925, John Booth of the local grocery business,
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Lytham St Annes
53°44′59″N 3°02′02″W / 53.7498°N 3.0339°W / 53.7498; -3.0339
Victorian style
Lytham St Annes Town Hall is located in Lytham St Annes
Lytham St Annes Town Hall is located in the Borough of Fylde
Lytham St Annes Town Hall is located in Lancashire
Lytham St Annes
Lancashire
Fylde Borough
St Anne's on the Sea Land and Building Company
Victorian style
colonettes
architrave
windows
canted
sash windows
St Anne's Public Offices
Booths
Richard Ansdell
Lytham St Annes Art Collection
Fylde District Council
"Local list of Heritage Assets"
"Architecture"
Lancashire's Seaside Piers
ISBN
978-1845630935
"St Annes Town Trail"
"St Annes-on-the-Sea"
"Open Days 2016"

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