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{{Short description|Municipal building in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England}}
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{{Distinguish|Newcastle City Hall}}
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| name =Newcastle Town Hall
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| caption =The Town Hall
| locmapin = Tyne and Wear
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| location = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]
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| built =1863
| demolished=1973
| architect =[[John Johnstone (architect)|John Johnstone]]
| architecture =[[Italian Neoclassical architecture|Italian
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The '''Town Hall''' was a local government building located in St Nicholas Square, [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. It was the headquarters of [[Newcastle City Council]] until November 1968.
==History==
[[File:Newcastle St Nicholas and the Corn Exchange, 1854.jpg|thumb|left|The old corn exchange (in the centre of the picture) completed in 1839]]
In the 1830s, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company, to be known as the "Corn Market Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built [[corn exchange]] for the town. They site they selected was on the north side of St Nicholas Square (between the [[Bigg Market]] and the Cloth Market), where corn merchants had previously carried out their trade in the open air.<ref name=bruce>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=y_taAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA122 |title=A Hand-book to Newcastle-on-Tyne|volume=67|first= John Collingwood |last=Bruce|year=1863|page=122|publisher=Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green}}</ref>
The foundation stone for the corn exchange was laid by the mayor, [[Thomas Emerson Headlam]], in 1837.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/b24863439/b24863439_djvu.txt|page=95|title=Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events, which have {{as written||occ|ured [sic]}} in Northumberland & Durham, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed: with biographical notices of deceased persons of talent, influence, etc, in the district. 1832–1857|first=John|last=Sykes|publisher=The Chronicle Office|year=1857}}</ref> It was designed by John and Benjamin Green, built in [[ashlar]] stone and was officially opened on 16 November 1839. The corn exchange was {{convert|156|feet}} long, {{convert|45|feet}} wide at the north end and {{convert|82|feet}} wide at the south end.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/resources/view/34935/|title=Newcastle St Nicholas and the Corn Exchange, 1854|publisher=Co-curate|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref> However, by the early 1850s, the Corn Market Company was in financial difficulty, and the directors, who did not have adequate funds to maintain the building properly, agreed to hand over the site to Newcastle upon Tyne Corporation for development.<ref name=bruce/>
Meanwhile, civic leaders decided to use the site for a new town hall: until that time civic leaders had held their meetings in the [[Guildhall, Newcastle upon Tyne|Guildhall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/business/business-news/caf-newcastles-guildhall-could-horizon-10832797|title=Café at Newcastle's Guildhall could be on the horizon as leisure entrepreneur makes plans|first=Coreena |last=Ford|date=3 February 2016|publisher=The Chronicle|access-date=24 March 2018}}</ref> The foundation stone for the new town hall was laid by the mayor, [[Lowthian Bell|Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell]], in 1855.<ref name=thesis>{{cite web|url=http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2867/1/johnson.michael_phd.pdf|first=Michael Andrew|last=Johnson|title=Architectural Taste and Patronage in Newcastle upon Tyne 1870-1914|page=72|date=1 October 2008|publisher=University of Northumbria|
By the middle of the 20th century condition of the town hall had deteriorated to such an extent that the council was forced to relocate to modern facilities at [[Newcastle Civic Centre]] in Barras Bridge in November 1968.<ref>{{cite web|author=Keiran Southern |url=http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-civic-centre-history-one-9659364 |title=Newcastle Civic Centre: A history of one of the city's most recognised buildings |publisher=Chronicle Live |date=2015-07-15 |
==References==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Newcastle upon Tyne]]
[[Category:City and town halls in
[[Category:Government buildings completed in 1863]]
[[Category:Corn exchanges in England]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Tyne and Wear]]
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