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with the town hall as its headquarters in 1835. Three cells were created in the basement for use by the local police force in 1839, and a market hall was added in front of the original structure at around the same time. After those works had been completed, the completed design involved a symmetrical
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structure on the west side of the High Street at the corner with Church Street. The building, which was rebuilt in 1586, was arcaded on the ground floor so that markets could be held, with an assembly room on the first floor. However, the location of the building impeded the traffic and so in the
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An Anglo-American garden of remembrance and riverside walk, intended to commemorate the lives of service personnel from both nations who had died in the
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was formed with new offices on Gloucester Road in 1974. The town hall then became the meeting place of Tewkesbury Town Council instead.
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main frontage with three bays facing onto the High Street; it featured a rounded headed doorway with a
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Municipal building in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England
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columns, which flanked the centre bay, and Doric order
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Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by
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stone and was completed just in time for a visit by
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Tewkesbury
51°59′38″N 2°09′27″W / 51.9939°N 2.1574°W / 51.9939; -2.1574
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Tewkesbury Town Hall is located in Gloucestershire
Tewkesbury
Gloucestershire
Tewkesbury Town Council
listed building
medieval
member of parliament
Sir William Codrington
neoclassical style
ashlar
King George III
Queen Charlotte
corn exchange
municipal borough
fanlight
sash windows
tetrastyle
portico
Doric order
pilasters
entablature
pediment
tympanum
turret
Second World War

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