County Hall, Chester

County Hall is a municipal building in Chester, Cheshire.

County Hall, Chester
County Hall
County Hall
Location within Cheshire
General information
Architectural styleNeo-Georgian style
AddressChester, Cheshire
CountryUnited Kingdom
Coordinates53.1857°N 2.8912°W / 53.1857; -2.8912
Completed1957
Design and construction
ArchitectE. Mainwaring Parkes

History

Originally Cheshire County Council held their meetings at the Crewe Arms Hotel in Crewe.[1] A purpose-built County Council headquarters, which was designed by E. Mainwaring Parkes, the County Architect, in the Neo-Georgian style, was built on a site immediately to the south east of the old Shire Hall[2] and opened by the Queen in July 1957.[3] Following the dissolution of the County Council in March 2009, County Hall was sold to the University of Chester.[4] It now forms the University's Riverside Campus and accommodates its Faculties of Health and Social Care and Education and Children's Services.[5]

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References
  1. "County Council Archives". National Archives. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  2. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Hubbard, Edward (1978). Cheshire. Penguin Books. p. 158. ISBN 978-0140710427.
  3. "The Queen in Chester in the 1950s or 1960s". Cheshire Live. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. "Chester West & Chester Council to sell County Hall to University of Chester and move into HQ building". Cheshire Live. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. "University opens former County Hall to public". University of Leicester. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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