Birkenhead Town Hall

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Birkenhead Town Hall by Richard Rogerson as part of the Geograph project.

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Birkenhead Town Hall

Image: © Richard Rogerson Taken: 10 Aug 2018

The building is on the east side of Hamilton Square and was the former administrative headquarters of the County Borough of Birkenhead. More recently it was council offices for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral and remains the location of the town's register office. When Hamilton Square was designed in the early 19th century, a plot of land was made available for the siting of a town hall between Hamilton Street and Chester Street. However, it wasn't until 1887 that the current building was completed. Designed by local architect Christopher Ellison in 1882, the building was constructed using Scottish granite and sandstone from the now filled in local quarry at Storeton. The clock tower is 200 feet in height and consists of four faces. After a fire in 1901, the upper part of the clock tower was rebuilt to a design by Henry Hartley. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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Image Location

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Latitude
53.393156
Longitude
-3.014545