Date:1794 - 1795 (c.)
Description:Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square. In 1790 a decision was made to replace the old Elizabethan Shire Hall, which was in a poor state of repair. Several plans were submitted including ones by Samuel Wyatt, who was then working on Shugborough Hall, and John Nash, the favourite architect of the Prince Regent. The chosen design for the present hall was by John Harvey, who worked as Wyatt's assistant in London. The building was erected between 1795 - 98 and was 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. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
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Design for a new Shire Hall on Market Square. In 1790 a decision was made to replace the old Elizabethan ...
'Design proposed for a Town Hall &c. at Stafford.' Elevation and plan showing a central block with ...
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Image courtesy of: Staffordshire County Records Office
Donor ref:County Record Office No., D4080/3/30, img: 1817 (18/2264)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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