Theatres · North East England
Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre
In or near Eldon Lane.
Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre in Scotland Lowlands, United Kingdom.
Dave Bevis — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–3 h
- Nearest railway station
- Bishop Auckland · 1.0 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre is a cinema or movie theatre in Scotland Lowlands, United Kingdom. Britain's listed cinemas span Edwardian picture palaces, Art Deco super-cinemas of the 1930s, and the surviving independent neighbourhood houses.
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From the Wikipedia article
Bishop Auckland Town Hall is a municipal facility in the Market Place, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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Background
History
The building, which was designed by John Philpott Jones in the Gothic Revival style for the Bishop Auckland Town Hall and Market Company, was financed by private issue of shares and officially opened on 28 October 1862. When it opened facilities included a large lecture hall capable of accommodating 800 people and a temperance hotel. The mansard pavilions were an unusual feature imported from France which were copied a few years later by Bellamy and Hardy in their design for Retford Town Hall. The building was acquired by the local board of health in 1888 and it became the headquarters of Bishop Auckland Urban District council in 1894. The works included the conversion of the main assembly…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.6659, -1.6735
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
- Postcode
- DL14 7NU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Established
- 1862
- Nearest railway station
- Bishop Auckland — 1 km
- Official site
- www.bishopaucklandtownhall.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q4917492 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bishop Auckland Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre?
- Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DL14 7NU), in the parish of Bishop Auckland.
- What is Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre?
- Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre in Scotland Lowlands, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre?
- The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland, about 1.0 km away. Drivers can use postcode DL14 7NU.
- When was Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre built?
- Built or established in 1862.
- Who owns Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre?
- Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre is owned by | designation1 =Grade II* Listed Building.
- How do I get to Bishop Auckland Town Hall Arts Centre?
- The nearest railway station is Bishop Auckland, about 1.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL14 7NU.