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Navan Town Hall
Halla Baile na hUaimhe
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Navan Town Hall
Location within Ireland
General information
Architectural style Greek Revival style
AddressAbbey Road
Town or city Navan
Country Ireland
Coordinates 53°39′16″N6°41′01″W / 53.6544°N 6.6835°W / 53.6544; -6.6835
Completed1831
Design and construction
Architect(s) John Hargrave

Navan Town Hall (Irish : Halla Baile na hUaimhe) is a municipal building in Abbey Road, Navan, County Meath, Ireland. The building, which was commissioned to serve as the local bridewell, became the police barracks, and later became the local seat of government.

History

The first public building in the town was the old courthouse in Ludlow Street which was designed and built by Edward Manning and completed in 1632. [1] [2] After an increase in the transient population of the town, especially on market days, in the early 19th century, followed by severe economic recession in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars, there was a significant increase in the number of civil disturbances in the town. In response civic leaders decided to commission a local bridewell. [3]

The new building was designed by John Hargrave in the Greek Revival style, built in rubble masonry with ashlar stone dressings, and was completed in 1831. [4] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of five bays facing onto Abbey Road. The central bay, which was slightly projected forward, featured a porch on the ground floor and a Diocletian window on the first floor with a pediment above. The outer bays were fenestrated by sash windows with architraves on both floors. On the southeast side, there was a single-bay, two-storey wing which was projected outwards. [5]

The building was transferred to the management of the Royal Irish Constabulary as a police barracks in accordance with the provisions of the General Prisons (Ireland) Act 1877. [6] It was then handed over to the Garda Síochána in anticipation of the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, [7] and subsequently continued to operate as a police barracks until the police service moved to a new police station further west along Abbey Road in 1978. [8]

After the building was acquired by Navan Urban District Council in 1983, the council commissioned an extensive programme of refurbishment works before moving into the building. [3] The town stocks were relocated from the courthouse to the town hall at that time. [9] The building continued to be used as the offices of the urban district council until 2002, and subsequently as the offices of the successor town council. However, it ceased to be the local seat of government in 2014, when the council was dissolved and administration of the town was amalgamated with Meath County Council in accordance with the Local Government Reform Act 2014. [10] [11]

A war memorial commemorating the lives of local service personnel who died in the First World War was unveiled in front of the town hall in 2018. [12] [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Navan Points of Pride". Meath County Council. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Navan Courthouse, 4 Ludlow Street, Toberorum Lane, Townparks, Navan, County Meath". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Notes on the Royal Irish Constabulary in Navan in 19th century". Navan and District Historical Society. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "County Meath, Navan, Bridewell". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Navan Town Hall, Watergate Street, Abbey Road, Abbeyland South, Navan, County Meath". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "S.I. No. 79/1928 - General Prisons Board (Transfer of Functions) Order, 1928". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Garda Síochána (Temporary Provisions) Act 1923". Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2006.
  8. ↑ "Written Answers – Navan School Premises". Dáil Éireann debate. 18 April 1978. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Navan Town Stocks" (PDF). Hidden Gems and Forgotten People. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Local Government Reform Act 2014". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Abolition of Navan, Trim and Kells Town Councils". Meath Chronicle. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "'We Will Remember Them': Events across county to mark Armistice Day". Meath Chronicle. 9 November 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Navan, Town Hall". Irish War Memorials. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021.
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