County Hall, Durham
County Hall, Durham | |
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General information | |
Address | Aykley Heads, Durham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 54°47′09″N 1°35′06″W / 54.7859°N 1.5850°W |
Completed | 1963 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Sir Basil Spence |
County Hall is a municipal building at Aykley Heads in Durham, County Durham.
History
Originally Durham County Council was based at the Shire Hall in Durham.[1] When this became too small for the County Council's requirements, a new building, which was designed by Sir Basil Spence,[2] was built at a cost of £2.75 million and officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in October 1963.[3] The County Council is scheduled to move to a smaller facility on the Sands car park at Freeman's Place in the centre of Durham in late 2021.[4] The County Council also intends to move the county archives to a new history centre at Mount Oswald.[5]
References
- ^ "Historic building in Durham turned into luxury hotel". Chronicle Live. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Extracts from the year of office of the Right Worshipful Mayor of Durham, Councillor Norman Richardson JP and the mayoress". Yorkshire Film Archive. 1963. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Durham County Hall proposed for listed building protection". Northern Echo. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Kier to start work on £50m new home for Durham council". Constriction Enquirer. 16 August 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Designs revealed for new Durham History Centre to house DLI collection". Northern Echo. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.