Bilston Town Hall - Church Street and Lichfield Street, Bilston - stone commemorating the extension of the Free Library in 1880 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Bilston Town Hall - Church Street and Lichfield Street, Bilston - stone commemorating the extension of the Free Library in 1880 / ell brown
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| 説明 | Bilston Town Hall is on the corner of Church Street and Lichfield Street in Bilston Town Centre.It is a Grade II listed building.Bilston Town HallListing TextWOLVERHAMPTONSO9596 LICHFIELD STREET, Bilston895-1/15/19 (South side)Bilston Town HallGV IITown hall and library, now housing office. 1872-3; libraryaddition, 1880. By Bidlake and Lovatt. Ashlar; tile roof. 2storeys; 6-bay range, 3rd and 6th bays are larger and breakforward. Free Classical style. Chanelled rustication to groundfloor with platt band over; 1st floor sill course and topfrieze and cornice with blocking course, 3rd and 6th bays haveparapets, arcaded parapet between; flat pilasters, paired to1st floor 3rd and 6th bays. Ground floor has segmental-headedwindows with archivolts, imposts, keystones and casements, but6th bay has triple window; 1st floor has architraved windowswith keystones and cornices, but 3rd bay has Venetian windowand 6th bay has triple window with paired window over;entrance to 5th bay has head as ground floor windows. Leftreturn to Church St has similar details; single bay to rightand recessed 3-bay range with arcaded parapet to left ofentrance tower, which has stiff leaf cornice to batteredground floor on high plinth; segmental-headed entrance hasshort shafts with stiff leaf capitals and key, blind tympanumand C20 paired doors; 1st floor has balcony to 2-light windowwith carved capital to colonnette and imposts, blind tympanumwith segmental cornice over; bracketted cornice and clockstage with clock faces with archivolts and keystones, corniceand pyramidal roof with weather vane. 2-bay canted angle andrear elevation with 2-bay return to wing with entrance, allwith similar details. INTERIOR not inspected.(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:1974-: P.71).Listing NGR: SO9504696507This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building. Bilston Town Hall historyBuilt in 1872, Bilston Town Hall was designed by architects Bidlake and Lovatt. A free library and reading room were also added soon after and further extensions took place in 1882 The building became the Bilston Urban District Council House in 1894 and the Bilston Borough Council House in 1933. The Town Hall saw many other uses, especially during the golden age of film in Wolverhampton. The ball room on the first floor was, at one time, leased to Professor Woods as a cinema. When he built Wood's Palace, on the other side of the road, the ballroom reverted to its original use and is well remembered for regular dances as well as special functions. Night classes were also held at the town hall teaching subjects such as science and languages. In 1966 Bilston Town was incorporated into the new county Borough of Wolverhampton. For more than a century the historic venue defines and stands for Bilston, a reminder that Bilston was once a town of its own. The town hall was closed in 1996 when it fell into disuse, and very soon after a local movement started to preserve it. Following 12 years of local pressure and £2.5 million restoration, the Grade II listed venue was re-opened with new tenants, Wolverhampton Homes and Gazebo Theatre in Education. A ceremony took place on the 19th September 2008, with a traditional dance the following day - Bilston got its Town Hall back! See more info www.historywebsite.co.uk/listed/bilstontownhall.htm stone commemorating the extension of the Free Library in 1880 |
| 撮影日 | 2018-01-13 12:20:26 |
| 撮影者 | ell brown , Birmingham, United Kingdom |
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| 撮影地 | England, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | DMC-FZ72 , Panasonic |
| 露出 | 0.017 sec (1/60) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.5 |