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The first municipal structure in Torquay was the old town hall in Union Street which was completed in June 1852. [2] [3] After finding that the old town hall was too small for their needs, civic leaders decided to procure a new building; the site they selected had previously formed part of the grounds of St Mary Magdalene's Church. [4]
English: Old Town Hall, Torquay 213941 seen from the bottom of Union Street, below, and showing the impressive classical facade of limestone towering above the street. Date 8 May 2009
Cut evergreen trees were used in 1923 and from 1954 to 1972. Living trees were used from 1924 to 1953, and again from 1973 to the present (2011). In the list below, the height of the cut tree is the height of the tree when raised at the White House. The height of the living tree is the height when it was first planted.
English: Title: City Hall in Houston, Texas Physical description: 1 transparency : color ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller. Notes: Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.; Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.;
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Following significant population growth, largely associated with the status of Torquay as a seaside resort, the area became a municipal borough with the town hall as its headquarters in 1892. [8] A manual clock mechanism and a series of clock faces were added to the tower in the late 19th century; [9] there is also a bell by Warner & Sons. [10]
A hall in matching style was later added to the east; available dates for this addition are vague, quoted by Brunel Manor's own information document as being between 1907 and 1923. [ 10 ] The Fire Precautions Act 1971 came into force in 1972, when hotels and boarding houses were the first class of premises to be designated.
1880 Ordnance Map of Devon showing Ashfield (centre) Agatha Christie and her father outside the greenhouse. The Ordnance map [2] to the right shows Ashfield surrounded by similar villa houses, each in their own one- or two-acre gardens. Ashfield was a large early Victorian house whose entrance carriage drive ran from Barton Road not far from ...