Date:1993
Description:Watercolour painting by Catherine Brennand. There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings. The present building, designed by John Harvey and erected between 1795 - 98, is the third of its kind on approximately the same site. Building began behind the old Shire Hall so that once the old building was demolished the new one would face onto a large square. The Shire Hall was vacated by the Crown Court in 1991 and the hall was restored for use as an art gallery. The rear of the building is now the public library, which moved from The Green in 1999. This painting was commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Shire Hall Gallery in 1993.
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Donor ref:G94.002.0001 (83/15633)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service - Art Collection
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