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was formed in 1974. The building, which was subsequently underused, began to deteriorate: however, a not-for-profit entity, Hebden Bridge Community Association, was formed and went on to acquire the building on a 40-year lease (subsequently extended to 125 years), along with sufficient funds to carry
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and Community Builders Fund, the community association then redeveloped an adjacent site to the southwest of the town hall which had been used as a car park. The works, which were carried to a design by Bauman Lyons, involved the construction of a modern structure for community and business use: the
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on the first floor, while the right hand section featured a wide arched opening and a doorway to the former fire station, a five light mullioned and transomed window on the first floor and a three light window on the second floor. The central and right hand sections were surmounted by
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stone and was officially opened on 11 May 1898. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with four bays facing onto St George's Street; the left hand section of two bays featured, in the right hand bay, an porch with an arch and a
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The building continued to serve as the headquarters of Hebden Bridge Urban District Council and, from 1937, of Hebden Royd Urban District Council, but it ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
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was broadcast from the new Waterfront Hall shortly after it opened. Meanwhile, the town hall continued to serve as the meeting place of Hebden Royd Town Council.
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in 1894. In this context the new civic leaders decided to procure a town hall: the site they selected was on the west bank of the Hebden Water.
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A war memorial, in the form of a brass plaque, to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the
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Following significant population growth, largely associated with clothing manufacturing, Hebden Bridge became an
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new development which cost £3.7 million was named the Waterfront Hall and opened in August 2012. The
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The new building was designed by a local firm, Sutcliffe and Sutcliffe, in the
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window on the first floor. The central section featured a prominent
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Hebden Bridge
53°44′33″N 2°00′47″W / 53.7425°N 2.0131°W / 53.7425; -2.0131
Jacobean style
Listed Building
Hebden Bridge Town Hall is located in West Yorkshire
Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
listed building
urban district
Jacobean style
ashlar
keystone
mullioned
transomed
oriel window
pedimented
oculi
tympana
Second Boer War
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
European Regional Development Fund
BBC Radio 4
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Historic England
"District Council Offices, St George's Square (1230338)"
National Heritage List for England

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