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a heritage centre. A blue plaque, recording the history of the old public offices, was paid for by St Annes-on-the-Sea Town Council and unveiled by Stott's grandson, Richard Stanley, on the front of the building in January 2016. The public offices were taken over by Fylde Foodbank in November 2017 but were then vacated in January 2019 as Fylde Borough Council wanted to resume marketing the building for sale.
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St Annes in 1922. Lytham Urban District Council did not have a permanent headquarters at that time and so the new civic leaders decided to acquire the Southdown Hydro Hotel which was conveniently located on the South Promenade just to the rear of the public offices. The old public offices were then relegated to the role of annex to the new
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In December 2011, Fylde District Council decided that the old public offices were surplus to requirements and proceeded to market the building for sale. In March 2012, St Annes-on-the-Sea Town Council submitted a proposal, which ultimately did not proceed, to acquire the building and convert it into
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The building was extended to the rear to create extra accommodation for council officers and their departments in 1907. It continued to serve as the headquarters of St Anne's-on-the-Sea Urban District Council until it merged with Lytham Urban District Council to form the Municipal Borough of Lytham
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stone dressings and was officially opened by Councillor Louis Stott on 22 January 1902. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Clifton Drive; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured a doorway with a wide arched stone surround
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was established in the rapidly developing town of St Anne's-on-the-Sea in 1878. Following significant population growth, largely associated with seaside tourism, the town became an
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in 1894. In this context civic leaders decided to procure new public offices: the site they chose formed part of the garden of an adjacent residential property.
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in the other bays on both floors. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber on the first floor.
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The new building was designed by Thomas Muirhead in the
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Municipal building in St Anne's, Lancashire, England
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St Anne's-on-the-Sea
53°44′59″N 3°01′56″W / 53.7497°N 3.0322°W / 53.7497; -3.0322
Victorian style
Listed Building
St Anne's Public Offices is located in Lancashire
St Anne's Public Offices is located in Lytham St Annes
St Anne's-on-the-Sea
Lancashire
listed
local board of health
urban district
Victorian style
ashlar
brackets
canopy
bay windows
pilasters
sash windows
Lytham St Annes Town Hall
Fylde District Council
Listed buildings in Saint Anne's on the Sea







Historic England

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