Isles of Scilly Town Hall

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Isles of Scilly Town Hall
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The building in 2008
LocationThe Parade, Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly, England
Coordinates 49°54′52″N6°18′55″W / 49.9144°N 6.3153°W / 49.9144; -6.3153
Built1889
ArchitectJ. Goodfellow
Architectural style(s) Neoclassical style
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameTown Hall
Designated14 December 1992
Reference no. 1219066
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Shown on Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly Town Hall is a municipal building in Hugh Town, on the Isles of Scilly, in England. The building, which serves as the offices of Council of the Isles of Scilly, is a Grade II listed building. [1]

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History

The building was commissioned by Algernon Dorrien-Smith, whose uncle, Augustus Smith had acquired a lease over the Isles of Scilly from the Duchy of Cornwall for £20,000 in 1834, and created himself Lord Proprietor of the Isles of Scilly . [2] He had intended that it would accommodate a market hall and some public rooms. [3] The site he selected was an area known as The Parade, a small park situated at the centre of the isthmus, which had served as a parade ground for the Sea Fencibles during the Napoleonic Wars. [4] The new building was designed by J. Goodfellow in the neoclassical style, built in coursed granite and was completed in 1889. [1] It served as a public hall, theatre, magistrates' court, council chamber, and local authority offices. [5]

In 1891, the Isles of Scilly Rural District Council was formed, as a sui generis local government authority, outside the administrative county of Cornwall. [6] The council established its offices in the town hall, [7] and went on to commission an extension to create extra office space in 1970. [8] Following the implementation of the Local Government Act 1972, the council was renamed as the Council of the Isles of Scilly. [9] [10]

The council relocated its council chamber to the Old Wesleyan Chapel on Garrison Lane, in 2002. [11] [12] By the 2010s, the town hall was in poor repair and the stage area was condemned in 2017. In 2024, the council received a £4.6 million National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to restore the building. [13] The building will house a cultural centre and the Isles of Scilly Museum, whose previous building, purpose-built in 1967, was condemned as unsafe in 2019. [14] Some of the existing museum's objects were moved into temporary storage in the town hall in 2020. [15]

Architecture

The two-storey building is constructed of squared and coursed granite, and it has a slate roof. It has a rectangular plan. The design involves a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto The Parade. The central bay features a doorway flanked by two sash windows. The first floor is fenestrated by three more sash windows and all openings have segmental surrounds and keystones. At roof level there is a pediment. with a date stone flanked by two small windows in the tympanum. The building was grade II listed in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Historic England. "Town Hall (1219066)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Bowley, R. L. (1990). The Fortunate Islands. St Mary's, Isles of Scilly: Bowley Publications. p. 88. ISBN   978-0900184284.
  3. ↑ Kirkham, Graeme (1 April 2003). "Cornwall & Scilly Urban Survey: Historic characterisation for regeneration: Hugh Town" (PDF). Council of the Isles of Scilly. p. 28. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ↑ "The Garrison, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, Conservation Plan" (PDF). Cornwall Council. 1 October 2010. p. 161. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Clegg, David (2005). Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly: The Complete Guide. Matador. p. 159. ISBN   978-1904744993.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. H.M. Stationery Office. 1891. pp. xliv–xlvi. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "No. 44985". The London Gazette . 11 December 1969. p. 12382.
  8. ↑ "Isles of Scilly Museum and Cultural Centre, Design and access statement" (PDF). Council of the Isles of Scilly. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "Isles of Scilly Cornwall through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  10. ↑ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN   0-10-547072-4.
  11. ↑ Historic England. "Former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Garrison Lane (Grade II) (1141217)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Council Chamber, Old Wesleyan Chapel". Council of the Isles of Scilly. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Isles of Scilly Town Hall revamp thanks to £4.6m lottery grant". BBC News. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  14. ↑ "Temporary closure of museum building on Church Street". scilly.gov.uk. Council of the Isles of Scilly. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "Museum News". Isles of Scilly Museum. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2024. soon, we should have everything stored in either the Porthmellon Enterprise Centre or the Town Hall
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