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Third Town Hall, Hanley

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The present Town Hall in Albion Street was built as the Queens Hotel in 1869, designed by Robert Scrivener. It became the Town Hall about 1886.. 

Entry in N. Pevsner's 'The Buildings of England': "TOWN HALL, Albion Street. By Robert Scrivener, 1869. Built as the QUEEN'S HOTEL. Brick and stone, symmetrical, with French pavilion roofs. In front of the Town Hall the WAR MEMORIAL, 1921-2 by Harold Brownsword."

 

 

Hanley town hall - built as the Queens Hotel in 1869 

 

postcard - Town Hall, Hanley

 

Detail of  town hall entrance.

 

Detail of crest above the town hall door.
1869

John Ridgway's crest of a kneeling dromedary 
was used in the Seal of the Borough of Hanley, 
and now forms part of the 
Coat of Arms of The City of Stoke-on- Trent.

 

photos: Oct 1999 

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7 Jan 2007