art.wikisort.org - MuseumSt Albans Town Hall, sometimes known as the Old Town Hall or The Courthouse, is a 19th-century building in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. The building, which now accommodates the St Albans Museum, is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
Municipal building in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
St Albans Town Hall |
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St Albans Town Hall in 2008 |
Location | St Peter's Street, St Albans |
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Coordinates | 51°45′08″N 0°20′20″W |
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Built | 1826 |
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Architect | George Smith |
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Architectural style(s) | Neoclassical style |
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Official name | Court house (town hall) |
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Designated | 8 May 1950 |
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Reference no. | 1296135 |
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History
The first civic building in St Albans was the moot hall which was completed in 1570.[2] After the moot hall became dilapidated, a discussion took place on the location of the new building: the justices preferred a site in Romeland whereas civic leaders preferred St Peter's Street. It was eventually agreed to proceed with a new building, which would accommodate both a town hall and a courtroom, in St Peter's Street.[3] The new building, which was designed by George Smith in the neoclassical style was completed in 1826.[1]
Legal history
St Albans had its own quarter sessions because of the existence of the Liberty of St Albans when the building was constructed.[4]
The Bribery Commission held hearings in the building in 1851 to investigate the "cash for votes" scandal which had involved the local Whig Party candidate, Jacob Bell, buying votes, typically at £5 per vote; the Commissioners found that some 308 voters had received money for their votes and they decided that the Borough of St Albans should lose its parliamentary representation (the constituency was re-established in an enlarged form in 1885).[5]
In 1874, for judicial purposes, Hertfordshire was divided into two divisions by Act of Parliament, the eastern part of the county to be the Hertford division and the western part to be known as the Liberty of St Albans Division, each maintaining separate quarter sessions, but being a single commission of the peace. The Act made clear that, despite its name, the St Albans division was not to be deemed a liberty in any future legislation.[6]
The town hall ceased to a venue for judicial purposes when the Crown Court moved out of the building in the 1990s.[7]
Local government
The town hall continued to serve as the headquarters of St Albans City Council during first half of the 20th century. The building also served as the meeting place of St Albans Rural District Council between 1895 and 1929.[8] St Albans City Council moved to new Civic Offices further north along St Peter's Street in 1966,[9] which became the regular meeting place for the council.[10]
Following a programme of conversion works costing £7.75 million carried out to a design by John McAslan and Partners,[11] the St Albans Museum, which had been located in Hatfield Road until it closed in that location in September 2015, re-opened in the town hall in June 2018.[12]
Architecture
The design involves a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the Market Square; the central bay features a podium on the ground floor containing three sash windows supporting a tetrastyle portico with Ionic order columns and a large entablature and pediment above.[1] Internally, the principal rooms are the assembly hall, which also functions as a ballroom, and the courtroom, which has an octagonal shape and is panelled.[13]
See also
References
External links
Media related to Court House (Town Hall), St Albans at Wikimedia Commons
Listed buildings in Hertfordshire |
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Grade I |
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Broxbourne |
- Eleanor Cross
- Wormleybury
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Dacorum |
- 130–136 Piccotts End
- Ashridge Business School
- Beechwood Park
- Berkhamsted School Old Building
- St Mary's Church, Hemel Hempstead
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East Hertfordshire |
- Aston Bury Manor
- Balls Park
- Benington Castle (remains)
- Hertford Castle Gatehouse
- Hunsdon House
- Rye House Gatehouse
- Scott's Grotto
- Shire Hall, Hertford
- St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts
- St Leonard's Church, Bengeo
- St Mary's Church, Ware
- St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead
- Waytemore Castle (remains)
- Woodhall Park (Heath Mount School)
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Hertsmere | |
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North Hertfordshire |
- Hitchin Priory
- Holy Trinity Church, Weston
- St John the Baptist's Church, Royston
- St Katharine's Church, Ickleford
- St Mary's Church, Ashwell
- St Mary's Church, Baldock
- St Mary's Church, Hitchin
- St Mary and St Thomas's Church, Knebworth
- Royston Cave
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St Albans |
- Clock Tower
- Old Gorhambury House (remains)
- Rothamsted Manor
- St Albans Cathedral
- St Helen's Church, Wheathampstead
- St Mary's Church, Redbourn
- St Michael's Church, St Albans
- Verulamium
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Stevenage |
- Rooks Nest House
- St Nicholas' Church
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Three Rivers | |
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Watford |
- Holy Rood Church, Watford
- St Mary's Church, Watford
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Welwyn Hatfield |
- Brocket Hall
- Hatfield House/Old Palace
- New St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence
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Grade II* |
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Broxbourne |
- Rawdon House
- Theobalds House
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Dacorum |
- 173 High Street, Berkhamsted
- Ashlyns Hall
- Bridgewater Monument
- The Bury, Hemel Hempstead
- Cell Park
- Dean Incent's House
- Gaddesden Place
- Golden Parsonage
- The Old Bell, Hemel Hempstead
- St Peter's Church, Great Berkhamstead
- Tring Park Mansion
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East Hertfordshire |
- All Nations Christian College
- All Saints' Church, Hertford
- Almshouses, Buntingford
- Bayfordbury
- Chapel at St Edmund's College, Ware
- County Hall
- Cromer Windmill
- Fanhams Hall
- Goldings
- Haileybury and Imperial Service College
- Hare Street House
- Hanbury Manor
- Marden Hill House
- Much Hadham Palace
- Pishiobury Park Mansion
- St Andrew's Church, Buckland
- Stansted Hall
- Yeomanry House, Hertford
- Youngsbury Stable Block
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Hertsmere |
- Aldenham House
- Dyrham Park lodges and arched gateway
- Hilfield Castle
- Knightsland Farm House
- Lululaund
- Salisbury Hall
- Wrotham Park
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North Hertfordshire |
- All Saints Church, Radwell
- All Saints Church, Willian
- The Cloisters, Letchworth
- St Nicholas' Church, Hinxworth
- Hinxworth Place
- Homewood, Knebworth
- Knebworth House
- Princess Helena College
- Spirella Building
- St Margaret of Antioch's Church, Bygrave
- St Martin's Church, Knebworth
- St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote
- St Paul's Walden Bury
- St Vincent's Church, Newnham
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St Albans |
- All Saints Pastoral Centre
- St Albans Town Hall
- New Gorhambury House
- Redbournbury Mill
- St Leonard's Church, Sandridge
- St Nicholas Church, Harpenden
- St Peter's Church, St Albans
- St Stephen's Church, St Albans
- Westwick Cottage
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Three Rivers |
- Hunton Park
- Langleybury
- Oxhey Chapel
- Redheath
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Watford |
- The Grove
- The Mrs Elizabeth Fuller Free School building
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Welwyn Hatfield |
- Ayot House
- Digswell Viaduct
- Mill Green Museum and Mill
- Old St Lawrence Church, Ayot St Lawrence
- Shaw's Corner
- Templewood Primary School
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Other boroughs | |
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Grade II |
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Broxbourne |
- Broxbourne railway station
- Cheshunt Great House (remains)
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Dacorum |
- Ashlyns School
- Berkhamsted Town Hall
- Goldfield Mill
- The Green Dragon, Flaunden
- Inns of Court War Memorial
- The Mansion, Berkhamsted
- Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead
- Pendley Manor
- Rex Cinema
- Rossway
- Shendish Manor
- Stocks House
- St John's Church, Boxmoor
- Tring Market House
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East Hertfordshire |
- All Saints' Church, Hockerill
- Benson Memorial Church
- Brent Pelham Windmill
- Buntingford Manor House
- Button Snap
- Christ Church, Ware
- Hertford Museum Tooke House
- Hopper's Hall
- The Horns, Bull's Green
- Little Munden Primary School
- Panshanger orangery, conservatory and stables
- Red House, Buntingford
- Rowneybury Cottage
- St John's Church, Letty Green
- The Tilbury, Datchworth
- The White Horse, Burnham Green
- The White Horse, Hertford
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Hertsmere |
- Bhaktivedanta Manor
- The Chequers, Potters Bar
- Duke of York, Potters Bar
- Dyrham Park Country Club
- The Green Man, Potters Bar
- Ladbrooke School
- The Lion, Potters Bar
- Oakmere House
- Potters Bar War Memorial
- Shenley Hall
- Shenley Lodge
- Wall Hall
- The White Hart, South Mimms
- The White Horse, Potters Bar
- Wyllyotts Manor
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North Hertfordshire |
- Ashwell Bury
- Ashwell War Memorial
- Breachwood Green Mill
- British Schools Museum
- Hitchin Town Hall
- Howgills
- Lannock Mill, Weston
- Letchworth Garden City railway station
- Letchworth Town Hall
- Lytton Mausoleum
- Minsden Chapel
- Putteridge Bury
- St George's Church, Letchworth
- St Nicholas' Church, Norton
- St Mary's Church, Letchworth
- Stagenhoe
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St Albans |
- The Blue Anchor
- The Boot
- Childwickbury Manor
- The Cock
- Colney Heath Mill
- Fleur de Lys
- Hare and Hounds
- The Lower Red Lion
- The Old Kings Arms
- Ye Olde Fighting Cocks
- The Queen's Head, Sandridge
- Rose and Crown
- The Six Bells
- St Albans School
- Sopwell House
- Sopwell Nunnery (ruins)
- Verulam House
- The White Lion
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Stevenage |
- Barclay Academy
- The Thomas Alleyne Academy
- Trigg's Barn/37 High Street, Stevenage
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Three Rivers | |
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Watford |
- High Elms Manor
- The Old Station House
- St John's Church, Watford
- Watford Grammar School for Boys
- Watford Palace Theatre
- Watford Town Hall
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Welwyn Hatfield |
- The Beehive, Welwyn Garden City
- The Brocket Arms
- Digswell House
- The Eight Bells, Hatfield
- Hope and Anchor, Welham Green
- The Horse and Groom, Hatfield
- The Green Man, Hatfield
- The Red Lion, Hatfield
- Statue of Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
- Tolmers Park
- The Wrestlers, Hatfield
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