Historic houses · North East England
Tynemouth Town Hall
Tynemouth Town Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Tynemouth Town Hall is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
From the Wikipedia article
Tynemouth Town Hall, also known as North Shields Town Hall, is a municipal building in Howard Street, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Tynemouth County Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Following their appointment in 1828, the new town commissioners for North Shields decided to commission municipal offices: this became possible because of a gift from a solicitor and bank agent, Joseph Laing, who was an enthusiastic supporter of the town. The site they selected was to the immediate north-west to the old Poor Law Guardians' Office on the corner of Howard Street and Saville Street. The new building was designed by John Dobson in the Tudor style and opened as the North Shields Municipal Offices in 1845. After significant population growth, largely associated with the tourism and fishing industries, North Shields was absorbed into the new municipal borough of Tynemouth in 1849.…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.0089, -1.4437
- Address
- Howard Street, North Shields
- Established
- 1844
Sources
- wikidata: Q26637797 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Tynemouth Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Tynemouth Town Hall?
- Tynemouth Town Hall is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.0089°, -1.4437°.
- When was Tynemouth Town Hall built?
- Tynemouth Town Hall dates to 1844.