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Portsmouth Guildhall is a multi-use building in the centre of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is located in a pedestrian square close to Portsmouth and Southsea railway station . Constructed in 1890, the building was known as Portsmouth Town Hall until 1926.
The City of Portsmouth War Memorial, also referred to as the Guildhall Square War Memorial, is a First World War memorial in Guildhall Square in the centre of Portsmouth, Hampshire, on the south coast of England. [1] Portsmouth was and remains a port and home to a major naval dockyard.
The foundation stone to mark the construction of the civic offices and the guildhall square was laid by the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, Phyllis Loe, on 19 December 1972. [6] An existing statue of Queen Victoria , which had been sculpted by Alfred Drury in bronze, placed on a granite pedestal and unveiled by Lady Dupree in 1903, was relocated to a ...
Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AL: Council's main offices. The council meets at Portsmouth Guildhall, in Guildhall Square. [37] The building was completed in 1890 for the old borough council. [38] The council's main offices are the Civic Offices, which were erected to the east of the guildhall and completed in 1976. [39] [40]
Portsea, City of Portsmouth: School: 1784: 10 January 1953 1271859 ... City of Portsmouth War Memorial: Guildhall Square: War memorial: 1921: 19 October 1921:
Portsmouth Cathedral: 37 121 1887–1890 St Mary's Church, Portsea: 51 167 1890–1912 Portsmouth Guildhall: 53.5 176 1912–1969 240/250-ton Arrol crane, HMNB Portsmouth [38] 61 200 [39] 1969–1971 Europa House 63 207 1971–2005 Ladywood House 72 236 2005– Spinnaker Tower: 170 558
They are in Guildhall Square, with the Portsmouth Guildhall and Portsmouth Central Library. The Guildhall, a symbol of Portsmouth, is a cultural venue. It was designed by Leeds-based architect William Hill, who began it in the neo-classical style in 1873 at a cost of £140,000. [104] [182] It was opened to the public in 1890. [183]
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