| Newcastle-under-Lyme Guildhall | |
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| Location | High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Coordinates | 53°00′39″N2°13′37″W / 53.0108°N 2.2269°W Coordinates: 53°00′39″N2°13′37″W / 53.0108°N 2.2269°W |
| Built | 1713 |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 21 October 1949 |
| Reference no. | 1196523 |
  Location in Staffordshire | |
The Guildhall is a municipal building in High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is a Grade II listed building. [1]
The building was commissioned to replace an earlier guildhall located just to the north of the current building. [2] The new guildhall was completed in November 1713. [1] It was a two-storey rectangular red brick building which was initially open at ground level, with rounded arches on all four sides and three pillars within to support the floor above; this enabled the lower level to be used for a market. The brickwork was ornamented with stone pilasters and topped with a balustraded parapet; the hipped roof was topped by a weatherboarded turret with a gilded weathervane. The upper room was used for meetings of the borough council, for the Quarter Sessions court and for public gatherings. A clock and cupola replaced the turret in the middle of the roof in 1830. [2]
Use of the Guildhall as a market ceased after a new Covered Market was opened in 1854, further along the High Street. Not long afterwards, in 1860-62, the building was significantly altered: [3] the arches on the ground floor were bricked up, a semi-circular extension was added to the north and a new portico and clock tower were built around the entrance on the south side (the new clock being provided by James Astley Hall, a former Mayor). These alterations provided space for a new courtroom and expanded civic facilities. [2]
Although facilities for council officers were established in Ironmarket in 1890, [3] the upper floor of the guildhall continued to be the meeting place of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. [4] [5] [lower-alpha 1] Monthly meetings of Newcastle Trades Council took place in the guildhall and it also served as a courtroom for the Newcastle Quarter Sessions. [5] The council was accused of "selling off the family silver" when the guildhall was converted for use as a public house in 1999. [10]
The guildhall fell into a state of disrepair before being refurbished in the early years of the 21st century and re-opening as a customer service centre in December 2008. [11] However the guildhall fell vacant after the customer service staff relocated to Castle House in Barracks Road in 2018. [11] [8] It then became a community hub operated by "Support Staffordshire". [12]
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