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| Town Hall, Cockermouth | ||
| Town Hall | ||
| Street:- | Market Street | |
| civil parish:- | Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | methodist chapel (ex) | |
| locality type:- | chapel (ex) | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | NY12293063 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1230 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
| references:- | Listed Buildings 2010 |
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 BVY77.jpg (taken 24.2.2012) |
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| Once a methodist chapel; currently council offices and the tourist information bureau. |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Meth. Chap. (Wesleyan)" |
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| evidence:- | database:- Listed Buildings 2010 placename:- Town Hall |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "TOWN HALL / / MARKET STREET / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71738 / NY1229930638" |
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| source data:- | courtesy of English Heritage "Circa 1840. Built as a Wesleyan Chapel, converted to Town Hall use in 1934. Stuccoed, with low pitched roof behind parapets. 2 storeys with pilasters the full height, crude dentilled cornice and acroteria. Entrance has 2 Greek Doric fluted columns with moulded entablature having guttae but no triglyphs or metopes. 3 round-headed windows, recessed, with full glazing bars. Side facades of 3 storeys." |
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 BVY78.jpg Door. (taken 24.2.2012)  BVY79.jpg Lion at the door. (taken 24.2.2012)  BVY80.jpg Interior. (taken 24.2.2012) |
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