Shire Hall, Gloucester
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| Shire Hall | |
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Gloucestershire | |
|---|---|
 The main entrance to the Shire Hall, Gloucester | |
| Type: | Shire hall |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO82981867 |
| Location: | 51°51’59"N, 2°14’55"W |
| Town: | Gloucester |
| History | |
| By: | Robert Smirke |
| Shire hall | |
| Neo-classical | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Gloucestershire CC |
Shire Hall stands in Westgate Street in Gloucester, the ancient county town of Gloucestershire.
The building was designed by Robert Smirke, a renowned architect, for the Gloucestershire magistrates. It opened in 1816 and served as the sessions house for the magistrates for judicial and administrative business (until the latter was taken over by new councils in 1889). Today Smirke's Shire Hall is a Grade II listed building.[1]
Shire Hall today is the home of Gloucestershire County Council, a bureaucracy named for the county though with a rather different area, housing its council chamber and many of its offices.
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1245084: Shire Hall, Westgate Street
