Shaftesbury Town Hall
Shaftesbury Town Hall | |
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Location | High Street, Shaftesbury |
Coordinates | 51°00′20″N 2°11′50″W / 51.0056°N 2.1971°W |
Built | 1826–1837 |
Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical style |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
Official name | Town Hall |
Designated | 20 June 1952 |
Reference no. | 1108741 |
Shaftesbury Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Shaftsbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The first town hall was a
The current building, which was commissioned by
The town hall was the headquarters of Shaftesbury Borough Council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be local seat of government when the enlarged North Dorset District Council was formed in 1974.[12] It subsequently became the home of Shaftesbury Town Council.[10]
Four murals were painted by Phyllis Wolff and installed in the town hall in 1979: they depicted the consecration of Shaftesbury Abbey at the instigation of Alfred the Great in 888, the reburial of King Edward the Martyr in the abbey in 979, the visit of Cardinal Otto Candidus, the legate to the Apostolic see of Pope Gregory IX, to confirm the abbey charter in 1240, and, lastly, the dissolution of the abbey under King Henry VIII in 1539.[13][14] Other works of art in the town hall include a portrait by an unknown artist of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury.[15]
References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Town Hall (1108741)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Will of Edmund Bower, Gentleman of Shaftesbury, Dorset". National Archives. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Adams, Thomas (1808). "A history of the ancient town of Shaftesbury". p. 55.
- ^ "Guild Hall - Shaftesbury, Dorset - Blue Plaques". Waymarking. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "'Shaftesbury', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North". London: British History Online. 1972. pp. 55–76. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Town Hall - Shaftesbury, Dorset - Blue Plaques". Waymarking. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b Watts, Brian J. "Inspection Report: Shaftesbury Town Hall, October 2022" (PDF). Shaftesbury Town Council. PWCR Architects. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "'Plate 61: Shaftesbury, Town Hall, from S.W.', in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 4, North". London: British History Online. 1972. p. 61. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Shaftesbury Town Hall". Dorset Council. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Civil Ceremonies and weddings". Shaftesbury Town Council. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Hyams, J. (1975). The Batsford Colour Book of Dorset. B. T. Batsford Ltd. p. 54.
- ISBN 0-10-547072-4.
- ^ "Phyllis Wolff". Art UK. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Shaftsbury Abbey". Tudor Place. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Anthony Ashley-Cooper (1671–1713), 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury". Art UK. Retrieved 18 December 2020.