Nuneaton Town Hall

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Nuneaton Town Hall
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Nuneaton Town Hall
Nuneaton Town Hall
General information
Architectural style Neoclassical
LocationCoton Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Coordinates 52°31′19″N1°28′02″W / 52.521832°N 1.467305°W / 52.521832; -1.467305 Coordinates: 52°31′19″N1°28′02″W / 52.521832°N 1.467305°W / 52.521832; -1.467305
Inaugurated1934
Owner Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council

Nuneaton Town Hall is a municipal building on Coton Road in the town of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. The building is the headquarters of Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council.

History

From 1894, the Nuneaton Urban District Council (which became Nuneaton Borough Council in 1907 when Nuneaton became a municipal borough) had operated from offices in Queen's Road. By 1930 these had become too small to house the growing demand for municipal services, and so the council looked to construct a larger building. Land was purchased at the site on Coton Road for this purpose. [1] Buildings demolished on the site included the old Nuneaton Free Library and Clare Speight's photographic studios. [2] [3]

The building was designed by Peacock & Bewley of Birmingham in a restrained neoclassical style. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with 17 bays; a projecting central section included a large three-bay, two-storey, hexastyle composite order portico with a doorway surmounted by the borough coat of arms on the ground floor and three windows with entablature above on the first floor. A lantern was erected at roof level. [4] Using mostly local materials, the construction works started in December 1931 and took two years to complete. [5] The building was formally opened by the former local member of parliament, Sir Francis Newdegate, on 26 April 1934. [1]

The three-storey building housed all of the council's departments, as well as the council chamber, committee rooms, and the mayor's parlour. The building was initially known as the "Council House", but was later renamed as the "Town Hall". [1] Local government reorganisation in 1974 merged the Borough of Nuneaton with the urban district of Bedworth, and the Town Hall became the headquarters of the newly constituted Nuneaton and Bedworth Council. [1]

After the local electricity works, located just to the south of the town hall, had been demolished, [6] a modern extension, which became known as the "Council House", was built in the 1980s [7] to accommodate some of the council officers and their departments. [8] In 2015, the town hall was identified as one of several buildings in the town which "convey messages of authority and civic pride". [9]

On 16 December 2019, a fire broke out in part of the building causing it to be evacuated. [10] 30 firefighters from Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service were involved in tackling the fire, which was successfully contained to a small area of the upper floors and roof. An investigation showed that it had been started accidentally by workmen using a blowtorch while carrying out roof repairs. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Veasey, E.A. (2002), Nuneaton A History, Phillimore & Co. Limited, pages 104, 113–114, 126 ISBN   1 86077 215 3.
  2. ↑ "Aerial view from the archives". Nuneaton Local History Group. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "A family of photographers". Holy Trinity Parish Church. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Town Hall". Nuneaton Photo Gallery. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Nuneaton Town Hall". Nuneaton Heritage Centre. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Nuneaton: Demolition of chimney". Windows on Warwickshire. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "About the Group". 1st Bedworth Scouts. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "No action on Nuneaton Council House sale". Coventry Telegraph. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Borough Plan Background Paper: Historic Environment" (PDF). Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council. 2015. p. 43. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  10. ↑ "Pictured: Smoke billows from Nuneaton Town Hall after fire breaks out". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  11. ↑ "Cause of Nuneaton town hall fire revealed". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
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