Wigan Town Hall

Former Wigan Town Hall

Wigan Town Hall was the second of three seats of local government occupied by the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and its predecessors, built on a plot at the corner of King Street and Rodney Street in Wigan, England, between 1866 and 1867.[1] Next to the Robinsons Brewery, it replaced an earlier town hall constructed in 1720 by the Earl of Barrymore and Sir Robert Bradshaigh, the town's representatives in parliament.[2] The older building remained in use until its demolition in 1882.[3]

Designed by local architects Nuttall & Cook, the two-storey Italianate style structure was built largely of brick in Flemish bond, except for its sandstone ashlar ground floor and some sandstone dressings; the roof is of slate.[1] It cost £12,000 to build,[3] the equivalent of about £17.5 million as of 2016.[lower-alpha 1][4]

The town hall continued in use until 1990, when the council moved its staff to the new Civic Centre and the current "New Town Hall", formerly the home of the Wigan Mining and Technical College, completed in 1903.[5] The building has since remained vacant, and has fallen into a state of disrepair. Part of the rear has been demolished, leaving the remainder insecure. A planning application was made in 2007 to redevelop the site as office accommodation and 133 residential units, which Wigan Council is still considering as of 2012.[6]

Wigan Town Hall was designated a Grade II listed building in 1990.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Comparing the share of GDP of £12,000 in 1867 with 2010.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England, "Former Town Hall (1384480)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 March 2012
  2. ↑ Moule (1837), p. 363
  3. 1 2 Fletcher (2005), p. 112
  4. ↑ Officer, Lawrence H., "Five Ways to Compute the Relative Value of a UK Pound Amount, 1830 to Present", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 31 March 2012
  5. ↑ "History of Wigan Town", Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, retrieved 1 April 2012
  6. ↑ "At Risk: Wigan Old Town Hall", www.savewigan.co.uk, retrieved 1 April 2012

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Coordinates: 53°32′41″N 2°37′48″W / 53.544667°N 2.63°W / 53.544667; -2.63

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