The Town Hall
In the 1870's a competition was held to design a new Towh Hall for Leicester. Leicester born architect Frances J. Hames won the commission with his modern Queen Anne style design. He also designed the fountain in the square. The new Town Hall housed the Council offices and Council Chamber, law courts, Sanitary Department, School Board and 30 lamplighters. The Borough Police moved into the basement (where there were 13 cells) whilst the Fire Brigade had a station behind the building.
The opening ceremony was performed on 7 August 1876 by the Mayor, Alderman William Barfoot. The proceedings were followed by a banquet at the Corn Exchange for around 400 of ‘the principal gentlemen connected with the borough and the county’.
Today the Town Hall have meeting rooms available for hire and is where the city's registry office is located, where around 1,000 marriages and civil partnerships take place every year.
The Town Hall
In the 1870's a competition was held to design a new Towh Hall for Leicester. Leicester born architect Frances J. Hames won the commission with his modern Queen Anne style design. He also designed the fountain in the square. The new Town Hall housed the Council offices and Council Chamber, law courts, Sanitary Department, School Board and 30 lamplighters. The Borough Police moved into the basement (where there were 13 cells) whilst the Fire Brigade had a station behind the building.
The opening ceremony was performed on 7 August 1876 by the Mayor, Alderman William Barfoot. The proceedings were followed by a banquet at the Corn Exchange for around 400 of ‘the principal gentlemen connected with the borough and the county’.
Today the Town Hall have meeting rooms available for hire and is where the city's registry office is located, where around 1,000 marriages and civil partnerships take place every year.
