Английская Википедия:Bovey Tracey Town Hall
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox historic site Bovey Tracey Town Hall is a municipal building in Town Hall Place, Bovey Tracey, Devon, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bovey Tracey Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The site occupied by the current building previously formed part of Bovey Tracy Village Green: two cottages were demolished and the local market cross was relocated to the southwest corner of the site to make way for the new development.[2] The new building was designed in the Italianate style, built in rubble masonry at a cost of £1,000 and was completed in 1866.[1][3][4]
The original design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Town Hall Place; the ground floor was rusticated and provided openings for the local horse-drawn fire engine, while the first floor featured a row of five pointed windows forming a piano nobile.[1] At roof level, there was a prominent modillioned cornice.[1] Extensions were added on the side and rear elevations at a later date.[1] At the northeast and southwest corners of the building brightly painted gargoyles were fitted as heads to the iron rainwater pipes.[1] Internally, the principal room was the main hall on the first floor which was used for civic meetings, balls and concerts.[5]
On account of the relatively small population of the town,[6] the borough council, which had met in the town hall, was abolished under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883.[7] A local parish council, which was formed in 1896,[8] established its offices in the building and used it as its main meeting place.[9] In the early 1920s, the market cross was adapted to form the centrepiece of a memorial to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the First World War.[10]
Following local government re-organisation in 1974,[11] the local parish council became known as Bovey Tracey Town Council.[8] In October 2020, the town council established a new community hub in Station Road, known as the Riverside Community Centre: the centre became the home of the local library, an information centre, a space for growing businesses and a local meeting place: the town council staff subsequently vacated the town hall and also relocated to the new centre.[12][13]
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