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Town Hall, Cockermouth
Town Hall
Street:-   Market Street
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   methodist chapel (ex) 
locality type:-   chapel (ex) 
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY12293063
1Km square:-   NY1230
10Km square:-   NY13
references:-   Listed Buildings 2010


photograph
BVY77.jpg (taken 24.2.2012)  
Once a methodist chapel; currently council offices and the tourist information bureau.

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 54 4) 
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
"Meth. Chap. (Wesleyan)"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Town Hall
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"TOWN HALL / / MARKET STREET / COCKERMOUTH / ALLERDALE / CUMBRIA / II / 71738 / NY1229930638"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Circa 1840. Built as a Wesleyan Chapel, converted to Town Hall use in 1934. Stuccoed, with low pitched roof behind parapets. 2 storeys with pilasters the full height, crude dentilled cornice and acroteria. Entrance has 2 Greek Doric fluted columns with moulded entablature having guttae but no triglyphs or metopes. 3 round-headed windows, recessed, with full glazing bars. Side facades of 3 storeys."


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BVY78.jpg  Door.
(taken 24.2.2012)  
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BVY79.jpg  Lion at the door.
(taken 24.2.2012)  
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BVY80.jpg  Interior.
(taken 24.2.2012)  

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