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Neptune and Trinity, Portmeirion, with the Town Hall in the background
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NOTES: Neptune was built in 1926, Trinity in 1933-1934 and the Town Hall in 1937-1938.
Town Hall, Portmeirion: Hercules Hall (or Ballroom)
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NOTES: The Town Hall was built in 1937-1938. The windows and plaster ceiling of Hercules Hall both belonged to the Jacobean part of Emral Hall in Flintshire which was demolished in the 1930s. The wood panelling, also from Emral Hall, dates from the 1720s.
High Street and Town House with war memorial in the foreground, Auchtermuchty
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NOTES: The town house dates from 1728 but was substantially altered in the 19th century.
Perspective of County Hall under construction, Lambeth, London
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NOTES: Construction on this building began in 1911 and was completed in 1922. It served as the headquarters of London County Council, which became the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1965, until the GLC was abolished in 1986.
Design for the river front of County Hall, Lambeth, London
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NOTES: Construction on this building began in 1911 and was completed in 1922. It served as the headquarters of London County Council, which became the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1965, until the GLC was abolished in 1986.
Medals: Art Union of London medal, 1855 (reverse: Blenheim Palace, Woodstock); Commemorating the opening of the Town Hall, Lancaster, 1909; Centenary of the London and Birmingham Railway 1838-1938, 1938; Church of St James, Congleton, Cheshire, ca. 1880
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NOTES: The Art Union of London medal was designed by Benjamin Wyon and shows on the obverse a portrait of Sir John Vanbrugh and on the reverse the central block of Blenheim Palace. The medal commemmoration the opening of Lancaster Town Hall was created by the Bromsgrove Guild.