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<a href="http://www.bilstontownhall.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Bilston Town Hall</a> is on the corner of Church Street and Lichfield Street in Bilston Town Centre.

It is a Grade II listed building.

<a href="https://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101201834-bilston-town-hall-bilston-east-ward#.Wlp8cjfLiUk" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Bilston Town Hall</a>


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WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9596 LICHFIELD STREET, Bilston 895-1/15/19 (South side) Bilston Town Hall

GV II

Town hall and library, now housing office. 1872-3; library addition, 1880. By Bidlake and Lovatt. Ashlar; tile roof. 2 storeys; 6-bay range, 3rd and 6th bays are larger and break forward. Free Classical style. Chanelled rustication to ground floor with platt band over; 1st floor sill course and top frieze and cornice with blocking course, 3rd and 6th bays have parapets, arcaded parapet between; flat pilasters, paired to 1st floor 3rd and 6th bays. Ground floor has segmental-headed windows with archivolts, imposts, keystones and casements, but 6th bay has triple window; 1st floor has architraved windows with keystones and cornices, but 3rd bay has Venetian window and 6th bay has triple window with paired window over; entrance to 5th bay has head as ground floor windows. Left return to Church St has similar details; single bay to right and recessed 3-bay range with arcaded parapet to left of entrance tower, which has stiff leaf cornice to battered ground floor on high plinth; segmental-headed entrance has short shafts with stiff leaf capitals and key, blind tympanum and C20 paired doors; 1st floor has balcony to 2-light window with carved capital to colonnette and imposts, blind tympanum with segmental cornice over; bracketted cornice and clock stage with clock faces with archivolts and keystones, cornice and pyramidal roof with weather vane. 2-bay canted angle and rear elevation with 2-bay return to wing with entrance, all with similar details. INTERIOR not inspected. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London: 1974-: P.71).


Listing NGR: SO9504696507

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<a href="http://www.bilstontownhall.co.uk/about-bilston-town-hall/history/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Bilston Town Hall history</a>

Built in 1872, Bilston Town Hall was designed by architects Bidlake and Lovatt. A free library and reading room were also added soon after and further extensions took place in 1882 The building became the Bilston Urban District Council House in 1894 and the Bilston Borough Council House in 1933. The Town Hall saw many other uses, especially during the golden age of film in Wolverhampton. The ball room on the first floor was, at one time, leased to Professor Woods as a cinema. When he built Wood's Palace, on the other side of the road, the ballroom reverted to its original use and is well remembered for regular dances as well as special functions. Night classes were also held at the town hall teaching subjects such as science and languages. In 1966 Bilston Town was incorporated into the new county Borough of Wolverhampton. For more than a century the historic venue defines and stands for Bilston, a reminder that Bilston was once a town of its own. The town hall was closed in 1996 when it fell into disuse, and very soon after a local movement started to preserve it. Following 12 years of local pressure and £2.5 million restoration, the Grade II listed venue was re-opened with new tenants, Wolverhampton Homes and Gazebo Theatre in Education. A ceremony took place on the 19th September 2008, with a traditional dance the following day - Bilston got its Town Hall back! See more info <a href="http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/listed/bilstontownhall.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.historywebsite.co.uk/listed/bilstontownhall.htm</a>
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Author Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
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