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40: 176: 183: 353:, and the professional wrestler, Kade Callous, in which Öpik got hurt, in June 2012. An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which included the re-construction of the parapet and the restoration of the clock, was completed at a cost of £200,000 in late 2012. A stone to commemorate the life of locally-born soldier, Sergeant 315:, which was broken by a central pediment above the left-hand section. Internally, the principal rooms were the corn exchange on the left-hand side and the market hall behind it on the ground floor; on the first floor, there was a courtroom on the left-hand side and a council chamber on the right-hand side. 270:
stone at a cost of £6,000 and was completed in 1874. The design involved a near symmetrical main frontage with eight bays facing onto Broad Street. The central bay, which slightly projected forward, took the form of a four-stage tower with a segmental doorway with an
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The first municipal building on the site was a guildhall which dated back at least to 1629. The markets were relocated into this building in 1761 and the
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was formed in 1974. Instead it became the meeting place of Welshpool Town Council. In February 1983, a debate took place in the town hall on
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between 1795 and 1804 and extended in 1815. It was the venue for the trial of 33 people who had taken part in the
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In 1922, excavations in the town hall sewers revealed silver coins from the time of the Roman leaders
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in 1839. However, by the 1860s, the borough council decided it was too small and it was demolished.
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in the third stage, and a set of clock faces in the fourth stage all surmounted by a
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on 15 September 1873. It was designed by a local architect, Benjamin Lay, in the
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The town hall was the venue for a wrestling match between the former
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The foundation stone for the current structure was laid by
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Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by
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Town Hall, Assize Courts and Market Hall, Welshpool
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Welshpool
52°39′38″N 3°08′56″W / 52.6606°N 3.1488°W / 52.6606; -3.1488
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Welshpool Town Hall is located in Powys
Welsh
Welshpool
Powys
Wales
listed building
theologian
John Wesley
Shrewsbury
Chartist riots
Llanidloes
Edward Herbert, 3rd Earl of Powis
neoclassical style
ashlar
architrave
keystone
balcony
pedimented
sash windows
pyramid
weather vane
pilasters
Renaissance style
oculus
parapet

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