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Darlington is a market and industrial town in County Durham, England. ... The former Civic Theatre, now The Hippodrome, is a popular arts venue in the town, ...
Town hall, market hall and clock tower, Darlington. Alfred Waterhouse (1830–1905) was a prolific English architect who worked in the second half of the 19th century. His buildings were largely in Victorian Gothic Revival style.
The first town hall was built at the junction of Tubwell Row and Prebend Row and opened in 1808. [4] After the first town hall became too cramped, civic leaders decided to procure a new town hall, market place and clock tower; the site they selected had been occupied by a building known as the Shambles in the Market Square.
After Alfred Waterhouse's town hall became inadequate, civic leaders decided to construct the first of these "concrete and glass boxes": the site they selected in Feethams had been occupied by the Lead Yard Bus Station [3] which itself had been built on the site of the old Darlington Union Workhouse. [4] [5]
The show premiered at the Civic Theatre, Darlington on 20 September 2005. [12] The stage show is directed by Phil Clark, and written by Terry Deary. It was designed by Jacqueline Trousdale, the music composed by Matthew Scott, and the 3D Bogglevision special effects are by Amazing Interactives.
The Borough of Darlington is a unitary authority area with borough status in County Durham, England. Since 1997 Darlington Borough Council has been a unitary authority; it is independent from Durham County Council. It is named after its largest settlement, the town of Darlington, where the council is based. The borough also includes a rural ...
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The Civic Trust said it was built by the Great North of England Railway and dated from 1841, which is when that line opened. [8] However, an alternative view is that it was a two-road engine shed, big enough to house four of the first main line steam engines, built by the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway when it opened in 1844. [9]