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Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall
Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Claire Pegrum — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Kirkwall Town Hall is a municipal building in Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. The structure, which is currently used as a community events venue, is a Category B listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The first municipal building in Kirkwall was the old town hall in the grounds of the St Magnus Cathedral which was erected with a grant from James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton in 1745. The walls were built with stones from Kirkwall Castle and the roof was constructed with slate from the Bishop's Palace. The building accommodated the burgh council offices as well as the county offices and courtroom. However, by the early 1880s, the building was very dilapidated, and the burgh council acquired a site on the west side of Broad Street which was occupied by the Commercial Hotel. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by Walter Erskine, 13th Earl of Kellie on 20 August 1884. It was…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 58.9818, -2.9613
- Address
- 35-41 Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1DH
- Established
- 1886
- Opening
- Mo-Sa 10:30-12:30,13:30-17:00
- Official site
- www.orkneymuseums.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17827832 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Kirkwall Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall?
- Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.9818°, -2.9613°.
- When was Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall built?
- Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall dates to 1886.
- What are the opening hours for Town Hall, 23 Broad Street, Kirkwall?
- OpenStreetMap records opening hours as: Mo-Sa 10:30-12:30,13:30-17:00. Check the official site to confirm seasonal changes.