| Harrogate Council Offices | |
|---|---|
 Harrogate Council Offices | |
| Location | Harrogate |
| Coordinates | 53°59′42″N1°32′46″W / 53.9949°N 1.5461°W Coordinates: 53°59′42″N1°32′46″W / 53.9949°N 1.5461°W |
| Built | 1931 |
| Architect | Leonard Clarke |
| Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical style |
  Location of Harrogate Council Offices in North Yorkshire | |
The Harrogate Council Offices is a municipal building in Crescent Gardens in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England.
The council offices were commissioned to replace the old town hall in Swan Road which had been built in 1805. [1] [lower-alpha 1] After finding that the old town hall was too cramped, civic leaders at Harrogate Borough Council decided to procure new council offices: the site they selected had been occupied by the old Victoria Baths which had been dismantled by the engineer, Samson Fox, and moved to his home, Grove House. [4]
The new building was designed by Leonard Clarke, built at a cost of £40,000 and opened by Philip Cunliffe-Lister MP, the President of the Board of Trade, on 31 October 1931. [5] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with 28 bays facing onto the Crescent Gardens with the end bays slightly projected forwards; the central section of three bays, which also slightly projected forward, featured a doorway with a stone surround on the ground floor and the borough coat of arms above; there were three windows of the first floor flanked by Corinthian order columns with an entablature inscribed with the borough motto "Arx Celebris Fontibus" (English: A citadel famous for its springs) and a pediment above. Internally, the principal rooms were the council chamber, the mayor's parlour and the committee rooms. [6]
Princess Elizabeth, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, entered at the council offices and signed the visitor's book during a tour of the West Riding of Yorkshire in July 1949. [6] [7] In the 1980s a bunker was constructed under the building to protect civic leaders in the event of a nuclear attack. [6]
After the council decided to procure a new civic centre in February 2015, [8] a new building, which was designed by Farrell and Clark and built by Harry Fairclough (Construction) Limited at a cost of £11.5 million, [9] was opened at Knapping Mount in November 2017. [10] The council offices at Crescent Gardens were marketed by estate agents in January 2015, [11] but discussions with the initial preferred bidder broke down after the bidder failed to submit a planning application on a timely basis. [12] The building was then re-marketed and sold to another developer, Impala Estates, in January 2020. [13] [14] Impala Estates revealed proposals to convert the building into offices, together with a gym and a roof garden restaurant, in October 2020. [15]
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