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Old Town Hall, Midhurst
The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Midhurst, West Sussex, England. The building, which is managed by the Midhurst Town Trust, is a Grade II listed building. History The Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament for Guildford (UK Parliament constituency), Guildford, Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, Sir Anthony Brown, donated a site in the Market Square to the Burgess (title), burgesses of Midhurst for the purposes of erecting a market hall in 1551. The building was designed in the Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical style, built in buff brick with an ashlar front and was completed later that year. It was arcaded on the ground floor, so that markets could be held, with an assembly room on the first floor. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing west towards Church Hill; there were three openings on the ground floor, which was Rustication (architecture), rusticated, and there were two sash windows on the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midhurst
Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester. The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeherst'', meaning "Middle wooded hill", or "(place) among the wooded hills". It derives from the Old English words ''midd'' (adjective) or ''mid'' (preposition), meaning "in the middle", plus ''hyrst'', "a wooded hill". The Norman St. Ann's Castle dates from about 1120, although the foundations are all that can now be seen. The castle, the parish church of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Denis, together with South Pond, the former fish-pond for the castle, are the only three structures left from this early period. The parish church is the oldest building in Midhurst. Just across the River Rother, in the parish of Easebourne, is the ruin of the Tudor Cowdray House. Governance National The former Parliamentary Constituency of Midhurst is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
