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The building now known as Trafford Town Hall stands on a large previously undeveloped site at the junction of Talbot Road and Warwick Road in Stretford, England. [2] It was designed by architects Bradshaw Gass & Hope of Bolton on behalf of Stretford Municipal Borough , and built by the main contractor Edwin Marshall & Sons. [ 3 ]
The council is based at Trafford Town Hall, on Talbot Road in Stretford. The building was originally called Stretford Town Hall, having been completed in 1933 for the former Stretford Borough Council, one of Trafford Council's predecessors. [ 19 ]
Trafford Town Hall: 1933 The town hall, which was extended in 1983, was designed by Bradshaw Gass & Hope. It is in Ruabon brick on a steel frame and has a gritstone plinth, gritstone dressings, and a mansard roof with slate below and plastic above. The town hall has two storeys, attics and basements, and has an irregular courtyard plan.
Trafford Town Hall stands in a large site at the junction of Talbot Road and Warwick Road, directly opposite the Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Work on the building, designed by architects Bradshaw Gass & Hope of Bolton, began on 21 August 1931.
Gorse Hill Park is a park which has recently had its historic main gates renovated and sits in between the two halves of the ward also, bridging Chester Road and Talbot Road. [2] Gorse Hill is also the northernmost ward of Trafford council and is home to Trafford Town Hall, housing the council offices.
In 1974, Trafford Council was created to administer the newly formed Trafford Metropolitan Borough and is headquartered at Trafford Town Hall, which was previously named Stretford Town Hall. [24] On its formation in 1974, the council was controlled by the Conservative Party ; the Conservatives have been in control 1973–85, 1988–94, and 2004 ...
Trafford Bar is a tram stop on Greater Manchester's light rail system, Metrolink, at the junction of Talbot Road and Seymour Grove in Old Trafford. It opened on 15 June 1992 as part of Phase 1 of Metrolink's expansion, before which it was a mainline railway station.
The old hall was close to what is now the White City Retail Park, and was said to have been the home of the de Trafford family since 1017, until the family moved to the new hall in what is now Trafford Park, some time between 1672 and 1720. [1] The name of the area around Old Trafford Hall may subsequently have become shortened to Old Trafford. [2]