How tall is nottingham council house

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About It takes a building of some distinction to stand out in a city as rich in beautiful and interesting architecture as Nottingham, and the Council House does not disappoint Book Tickets.

Famous clock builder, James Wolley from Codnor, Derbyshire presented a clock for the Exchange building in , and was in return made a Burgess of Nottingham.

Between and , the building was reconstructed and the main staircase was moved from the front to the side, which gave better access to the Great Hall.

The Great Hall was used for concerts, elections, balls, meetings and exhibitions. The Midland Railway adopted London Time at all of its stations on 1 January , so to avoid confusion, in February the town council ordered that the town clocks be furnished with three hands, two indicating local time and the additional one the railway and post-office London time. The last meeting in this building was in after which there was a move to temporary accommodation until the Old Exchange, which stood on the site of the present Council House.

This was adapted for use in In the s, Nottingham architect T. Cecil Howitt was commissioned to design Nottingham's prestigious new Council House.