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Town Hall gets a starring role

Kirsty Elleray
12/ 9/2007

STOCKPORT Town Hall, the historic seat of democracy in the borough for almost 100 years, has been upgraded to a Grade II* listed building.

Only eight per cent of the UK’s 370,000 listed buildings are Grade II* listed, the second top grading.


 

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   A little known fact is that the town hall was nicknamed the wedding cake after marzipan was used as an emergency subsitite for concrete in the upper 'porthcrawl' tower. Although corroding somewhat, it still stands proud to this day.
Steveha
25/09/2007 at 22:00
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