Museums · East Midlands
Town Hall
In or near Winthorpe.
Town Hall — listed structure in Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, used as museum.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Newark Castle · 0.5 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit the Town Hall, you can take a train to Newark Castle station, which is 0.5 km away. The postcode for sat-nav is NG24 1JY, and the venue is wheelchair accessible. Entry details are not specified.
About
Town Hall is a museum in the United Kingdom. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Address: NG24 1JY. Wikidata describes it as: "listed structure in Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, used as museum". Coordinates: 53.0765°, -0.8101°.
Photo gallery
Heritage listing
Newark Town Hall is a municipal building consisting of a town hall, assembly rooms and a market hall in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Newark Town Hall is a municipal building consisting of a town hall, assembly rooms and a market hall in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The previous civic building in the town was the Moot Hall on the north side of the Market Place. In the early 1770s, Newark Corporation decided to commission a more substantial municipal structure on the west side of the Market Place. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the mayor, William Haslam, in 1773. The new building was designed by John Carr in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1776. Much of the exterior building work must have been finished by 1775 as in early 1775 the commissioners for building the town hall were offering contracts for the interior joinery and plasterwork. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 53.0765, -0.8101
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- District
- Newark and Sherwood
- Parish
- Newark
- Postcode
- NG24 1JY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Newark
- Established
- 1776
- Nearest railway station
- Newark Castle — 0.5 km
- Opening
- 24/7
Sources
- wikidata: Q17527978 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Newark Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Town Hall, Newark-on-Trent (geograph 3654724).jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Town Hall?
- Town Hall is in Nottinghamshire, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NG24 1JY), in the parish of Newark.
- What is Town Hall?
- Town Hall — listed structure in Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, used as museum.
- How do I get to Town Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Newark Castle, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can use postcode NG24 1JY.
- When was Town Hall built?
- Built or established in 1776.
- Is Town Hall a listed building?
- Town Hall is officially recognised as Grade I listed building listed.
- How do I get to Town Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Newark Castle, about 0.5 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NG24 1JY.