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Coupar Angus Town Hall

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was formed in 1975. It subsequently became the meeting place of Coupar Angus, Ardler and Bendochy Community Council and also continued to serve as the home of the local public library. Following completion of a structural survey, Perth and Kinross Council was advised in 2019 that the building needed
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was initially placed in the local ex-servicemen's club but later transferred to the town hall. A plaque intended to commemorate the hospitality that soldiers of the 1st Medium Artillery Regiment, part of the Polish
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stone with polished dressings at a cost of £4,000 and was completed in 1887. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Union Street with the end bays projected forward as
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The building continued to serve as the meeting place of the burgh council for much of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
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was attached to the main façade of the building and unveiled by the commanding officer of the regiment, Colonel Marian Korewo, on 13 September 1942.
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Na Pamiątkę Swego Pobytu Żołnierze 1 Pułku Art. C. 1941-1942 (English: In Remembrance of our sojourn the soldiers of 1 Med. Reg. A. 1941-1942)
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remedial works expected to cost £600,000 to be carried out. The building was closed in March 2020, because of the
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An illuminated roll of honour intended to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the
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Works of Art in the town hall include a painting depicting a royal visit to the town undertaken by
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In the 1880s, the burgh council decided to commission a new town hall to celebrate the
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above. Internally, the principal rooms were the main assembly hall, which featured a
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List of listed buildings in Coupar Angus, Perth and Kinross
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above. The outer bays contained doorways with rectangular
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windows on both floors and was surmounted by a carved
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Coupar Angus
56°32′49″N 3°15′57″W / 56.5470°N 3.2658°W / 56.5470; -3.2658
Châteauesque style
Listed Building
Coupar Angus Town Hall is located in Perth and Kinross
Coupar Angus
Perth and Kinross
listed building
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
Perth
Châteauesque style
ashlar
pavilions
canted
mullioned
frieze
coat of arms
polygon
spire
fanlights
brackets
balustraded
balconies
mansard roofs
hammerbeam roof
First World War
I Corps
Second World War
Perth and Kinross District Council

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