Market Deeping Town Hall

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Market Deeping Town Hall
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Market Deeping Town Hall
LocationMarket Place, Market Deeping
Coordinates 52°40′32″N0°19′02″W / 52.6755°N 0.3171°W / 52.6755; -0.3171
Built1835
ArchitectThomas Pilkington
Architectural style(s) Gothic Revival style
Listed Building – Grade II
Official nameTown Hall
Designated22 June 1987
Reference no.1317350
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Market Deeping Town Hall is a municipal structure in the Market Place, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Market Deeping Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. [1]

History

The building was commissioned to replace an earlier town hall of uncertain age at the west end of the Market Place. [2] The new building was designed by Thomas Pilkington in the Gothic Revival style, built in limestone with ashlar dressings at a cost of £320 [3] and was completed in 1835. [4] [5]

The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the Market Place. [1] On the ground floor, the right hand bay featured a Tudor style doorway while the left hand bay contained a wide round headed window and the centre bay contained a pair of mullioned windows; on the first floor there was a prominent central oriel window flanked by narrow single-light windows. [1] There was a gable above with a quatrefoil in the centre. [1] Internally, the principal rooms were a waiting room on the ground floor and some offices on the first floor. [1] The building also originally had police cells in the basement. [6]

In the 19th century, petty session hearings were held in the town hall every third Wednesday. [3] In 1878, a reading room and an educational institute were installed in the building, [7] which continued to serve as the meeting place for the civil parish of Market Deeping [8] until, with local government re-organisation, it was transferred to the ownership of South Kesteven District Council in 1974. [9] The newly-formed Market Deeping Town Council took a lease on the building from South Kesteven District Council in 1977, [10] and started to use the building as its main meeting place. [11]

In 2012 a plaque was attached to the front of the town hall, above the window in the left hand bay, to recognise the selection of Market Deeping as an Olympic Torch Town for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [12] Also in 2012, South Kesteven District Council prepared an asset management plan which identified the building as being surplus to requirements. [10] After finding that the building was also in need of extensive repairs, particularly to the roof, costing of £50,000, the district council sold it to the town council for a nominal sum in March 2020. [13] [14]

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References

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  2. ↑ Marrat, William (1814). The History of Lincolnshire, Topographical, Historical and Descriptive. Vol. 2. Boston. p. 401.
  3. 1 2 White, William (1856). History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire and the City and Diocese of Lincoln. R. Leader. p. 873.
  4. ↑ "Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan". South Kesteven District Council. 2014. p. 11. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Graham, Clare (2003). Ordering Law The Architectural and Social History of the English Law Court to 1914. Taylor and Francis. p. 383. ISBN   978-0754607878.
  6. ↑ "Market Deeping". Visitor UK. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  7. ↑ White, William (1882). History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire and the City and Diocese of Lincoln. Sheffield. p. 267.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ↑ "Market Deeping CP". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70. The Stationery Office Ltd. 1997. ISBN   0-10-547072-4.
  10. 1 2 "Disposal of Market Deeping Town Hall, Market Place, Market Deeping" (PDF). South Kesteven District Council. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Full Council Agendas". Market Deeping Town Council. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Ike visits Market Deeping in Lincolnshire". Geography Cat. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Market Deeping Town Council to buy town hall from South Kesteven District Council for £1". Rutland and Stamford Mercury. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "Market Deeping Town Council: Town hall purchase faces minor glitch". Deepings Nub. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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