Shire Hall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
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Shire Hall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 12 May 2014
Shrewsbury might be expected to have opted for traditional civic buildings, most likely neo-Georgian, but instead the county council opted for a commendably modern complex, heavily influenced by Plymouth's. To the fore is the Portland stone council chamber, a "truncated ovoid raised up on stout convex pilotis". Built in 1963-66 to the designs of the County Architect, Ralph Crowe.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.704848
Longitude
-2.731658