Historic houses · North East England
Wolsingham Town Hall
In or near Wolsingham.
Wolsingham Town Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
Robert Graham — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Wolsingham · 0.4 km
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Wolsingham 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.
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Official information
Wolsingham Station, opened in 1847, features a historic station building now serving as a private residence. The area has a rich industrial history, particularly in steelworks, and includes a notable listed building known as the 'gunbarrel shed'.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Wolsingham Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Wolsingham, a town in County Durham, in England. It accommodates the local public library as well as the offices and meeting place of Wolsingham Parish Council.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The building was commissioned by a board of trustees formed for the purpose and financed by public subscription. The site selected for the new building was in the centre of the Market Place on land formerly owned by the Bishop of Durham. It was designed in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry was completed in 1824. The design of the structure originally involved a symmetrical main frontage of just one bay facing onto Front Street. The building was fenestrated by sash windows on both floors. There were quoins at the corners and an ashlar stone band between the floors. Internally, the principal rooms included a large news reading room. In 1856, the building was extended to the east…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7301, -1.8835
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Wolsingham
- Postcode
- DL13 3AF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Established
- 1824
- Nearest railway station
- Wolsingham — 0.4 km
- Official site
- www.weardale-railway.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q127844904 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wolsingham Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wolsingham Town Hall?
- Wolsingham Town Hall is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL13 3AF), in the parish of Wolsingham.
- What is Wolsingham Town Hall?
- Wolsingham Town Hall in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Wolsingham Town Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Wolsingham, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode DL13 3AF.
- When was Wolsingham Town Hall built?
- Built or established in 1824.
- Is Wolsingham Town Hall a protected site?
- Yes — Wolsingham Town Hall is part of the Bollihope, Pikestone, Eggleston and Woodland Fells SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Wolsingham Town Hall?
- The nearest railway station is Wolsingham, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL13 3AF.