Stewart's Hall

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Stewart's Hall
Stewart's Hall
LocationGordon Street, Huntly
Coordinates57°26′49″N 2°47′14″W / 57.4470°N 2.7872°W / 57.4470; -2.7872
Built1875
ArchitectJames Anderson
Architectural style(s)Scottish baronial style
Listed Building – Category C(S)
Official nameStewart's Hall, 15, 17 Gordon Street
Designated16 April 1971
Reference no.LB34914
Stewart's Hall is located in Aberdeenshire
Stewart's Hall
Shown in Aberdeenshire

Stewart's Hall, formerly Huntly Town Hall,[1] is a municipal structure in Gordon Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Category C listed building.[2]

History

The building was commissioned from the proceeds of a legacy from the former chief magistrate, Alexander Stewart.

Forfarshire, John Comrie Thomson, in 1875.[5][6][7]

The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto Gordon Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, featured a four-stage tower with a doorway flanked by

window cill in the third stage, and four clock faces in the fourth stage. The fourth stage was augmented by bartizans at the corners and surmounted by a truncated pyramid-shaped roof. The other bays on the ground floor contained large rectangular openings while the other bays on the first floor were fenestrated by sash windows with quoins and hood moulds. The bell for the clock tower was designed and manufactured by John C. Wilson of the Gorbals Brass and Bell Foundry in Glasgow.[2] Internally, the principal room was a large assembly hall intended for concerts and theatrical performances.[8]

The building was completed gutted in a fire in 1886

ducal estates.[1] The building continued to serve as the meeting place of the burgh council for much of the 20th century,[11] but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Gordon District Council was formed in 1975.[12] Since then the main role of the building has been that of a community events venue.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Huntly Estate, Aberdeenshire: Auction Sale at the Town Hall, Huntly, on Monday, 3rd August 1936. Fox & Sons. 1936.
  2. ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "Stewart's Hall, 15, 17 Gordon Street (LB34914)". Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  3. ^ Baddeley, Mountford John B. (1886). The northern highlands and islands. Dulau & Co. p. 17.
  4. ^ "Timeline History of Huntly". Visitor UK. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  5. ^ Stewart's Hall. Bon-Accord. 3 April 1886. p. 4.
  6. ^ Groome, Francis H. (1883). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Vol. 4. T. C. Jack. p. 280.
  7. ^ "Stewart's Hall". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  8. ^ Worrall's directory of the north-eastern counties of Scotland, comprising the counties of Forfar, Fife, Kinross, Aberdeen, Banff, and Kincardine. Oldham: John Worrall. 1877. p. 439.
  9. ^ Burning of Stewart's Hall, Huntley. Bon-Accord. 3 April 1886. p. 11.
  10. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Huntly, 15-17 Gordon Street, Stewart's Hall (188106)". Canmore. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Huntly Burgh". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Aberdeenshire Theatre Group to stage Hairspray musical". Aberdeen Society. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
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