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The council has its main offices at City Hall on Charles Street, which was built in 1938, previously being called Municipal Buildings and Attenborough House until it was renamed City Hall in 2014. [15] Council meetings are held at Leicester Town Hall on Town Hall Square, which was completed in 1876. [16] Between 1975 and 2014 the council had ...
City Hall, formerly Attenborough House and, before that, the Municipal Buildings, is a municipal building in Charles Street, Leicester, England. The structure, which currently accommodates the offices of Leicester City Council , is a locally listed building.
The town hall was the headquarters of the county borough of Leicester until 1974 when, following local government reform, it became the meeting place of Leicester City Council. [ 9 ] Important works of art in the town hall include a painting by Charles James Adams depicting "The Ferry" [ 10 ] and a painting by John Fulleylove depicting the ...
A public consultation on the plan is set to run until 21 February and Leicester City Council has set a target decision date of 24 April. Follow BBC Leicester on Facebook , on X , or on Instagram .
In 1875, the headquarters moved to the Leicester Town Hall. In 1933, the City Police moved into its own new purpose-built Leicester City Police Headquarters. [5] The building was designed by G. Noel Hill (later the Manchester City Architect) and A.T. Gooseman in the Leicester City Architects' Department, and constructed during 1931–33. [6]
The administrative offices of Leicester City Council are in the centre of the city at City Hall in Charles Street, having moved from Welford Place. The 1970s council offices at Welford Place were declared unsafe in 2010 and demolished on 22 February 2015. [ 85 ]
The Lord Mayor of Leicester is the chairperson of Leicester City Council and the first citizen of the city of Leicester, England.The ancient office, formerly known simply as Mayor of Leicester, dates back to at least the year 1209 and is one of the oldest mayoralties in the English Midlands along with Lincoln and Northampton. [2]
County Rooms, 16 Hotel Street, Leicester: County council's meeting place until 1967, since renamed City Rooms. Having held its first meeting in 1889 at Leicester Town Hall, later that year the council moved its meetings to the County Rooms on Hotel Street in the centre of Leicester, which had been built in 1800.