Historic houses · Northern Ireland
Town Hall The Diamond Coleraine Co.londonderry
Town Hall The Diamond Coleraine Co.londonderry in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Town Hall The Diamond Coleraine Co.londonderry is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, 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
Coleraine Town Hall is a municipal structure in The Diamond in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Coleraine Borough Council, is a Grade B1 listed building.
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Background
History
The current building was commissioned to replace an earlier market house which was financed by The Honourable The Irish Society and completed in 1743. The foundation stone for the new building was laid on 21 July 1857. It was designed by Thomas Turner in the Italianate style and built in ashlar stone by McLaughlin & Harvey at a cost of £4,147, with the majority of the funds again coming from The Honourable The Irish Society. Its completion coincided with the 1859 Ulster revival: "nearly one hundred persons agonised in mind through conviction of sin, and entirely prostrate in body, were borne into the building to obtain shelter" on the day of its first public opening, 9 June 1859. The design…
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- Coordinates
- 55.1316, -6.6713
- Address
- The Diamond, Coleraine
- Established
- 1859
- Official site
- causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q17861745 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Coleraine Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Town Hall The Diamond Coleraine Co.londonderry?
- Town Hall The Diamond Coleraine Co.londonderry is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.1316°, -6.6713°.
- When was Town Hall The Diamond Coleraine Co.londonderry built?
- Town Hall The Diamond Coleraine Co.londonderry dates to 1859.