Chapels · North East England
Upper Weardale Town Hall
In or near Hunstanworth.
Upper Weardale Town Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
Michael Garlick — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 20 min–45 min
- Free entry
About
Upper Weardale 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.
Photo gallery
See it from the streetimagery from 2019
Imagery © Mapillary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Upper Weardale Town Hall, also known as St John's Chapel Town Hall, is a municipal building on Hood Street, St John's Chapel, a village in County Durham, England. The building is currently in use as a community events venue.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
In the early 1860s, parish leaders decided to establish a town hall in the village, primarily to accommodate the weekly market. The site chosen had been the village green. Construction work on the building began in 1865. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1868. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto Hood Street with a gable above. The central bay contained a canted bay window supporting a balustraded balcony; there was French door with an architrave and a triangular pediment on the first floor. The outer bays contained doorways with architraves and triangular pediments. Internally, the principal room was…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7366, -2.1802
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Stanhope
- Postcode
- DL13 1QQ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Established
- 1868
Sources
- wikidata: Q124361516 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Upper Weardale Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Upper Weardale Town Hall?
- Upper Weardale Town Hall is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL13 1QQ), in the parish of Stanhope.
- What is Upper Weardale Town Hall?
- Upper Weardale Town Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Upper Weardale Town Hall?
- Drivers can use postcode DL13 1QQ.
- When was Upper Weardale Town Hall built?
- Built or established in 1868.
- Is Upper Weardale Town Hall a protected site?
- Yes — Upper Weardale Town Hall is part of the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Upper Weardale Town Hall free to visit?
- Yes, Upper Weardale Town Hall is free to enter.
- How do I get to Upper Weardale Town Hall?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DL13 1QQ. It sits within the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency.