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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English A county hall or shire hall is a common name given to a building that houses the seat of local government for a county.

The location of the county hall has usually denoted the county town.

In the case of Surrey, England, when county boundaries changed the county hall remained in Kingston upon Thames.[1] County halls usually contain a council chamber, committee rooms and offices.[2]

List of county and shire halls

United Kingdom

England

County halls in England, with the ceremonial county they served, include:Template:Efn

Image Name Town or city County Years built Style Years in use Reference
File:Avon House Bristol (24729505547).jpg Avon House Bristol Avon 1969-1972 International style 1974-1996: Avon County Council (council abolished)
1996-1999: Bristol City Council
1999–present: private use as a hotel		 [3]
File:CountyHallRearBedford.JPG County Hall Bedford Bedfordshire 1965-1969 Brutalist style 1970-2009: Bedfordshire County Council (council abolished)
2009–present: Bedford Borough Council		 [4]
File:Berkshire Shire Hall.jpg Shire Hall Reading Berkshire 1981 Brutalist style 1981-1998: Berkshire County Council
2000-2017: Foster Wheeler AG
2017-present: John Wood Group plc		 [5]
File:West side of College Green - geograph.org.uk - 761681.jpg City Hall Bristol Bristol 1938-1952 Neo-Georgian style 1956–present: Bristol City Council [6]
File:Buckinghamshire County Hall, Aylesbury.jpg County Hall Aylesbury Buckinghamshire 1964-1966 Brutalist style 1966-2020: Buckinghamshire County Council
2020–present Buckinghamshire Council		 [7]
File:Cambridge- Shire Hall (geograph 5942730).jpg Shire Hall Cambridge Cambridgeshire 1932 Neo-Georgian style 1932-2020: Cambridgeshire County Council
2020–present: hotel and office development		 [8]
File:New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald (June 2023).jpg New Shire Hall Alconbury Weald Cambridgeshire 2019-2020 Modern style 2020–present: Cambridgeshire County Council [9]
File:Cheshire County Council's County Hall - geograph.org.uk - 674033.jpg County Hall Chester Cheshire 1938-1957 Neo-Georgian style 1957-2009: Cheshire County Council (council abolished)
2009–present: University of Chester		 [10]
File:Middlesbrough Town Hall Summer 2013.jpg Municipal Buildings Middlesbrough Cleveland 1883-1889 French Gothic Style 1889-1968: Middlesbrough Borough Council (council abolished)
1968-1974: Teesside County Borough Council (council abolished)
1974-1996: Cleveland County Council (council abolished)
1966–present: Middlesbrough Council		 [11]
File:Lys Kernow 2023.jpg Lys Kernow Truro Cornwall 1966 Brutalist style 1966-2009: Cornwall County Council (council abolished)
2009–present: Cornwall Council		 [12]
File:Cumbria County Councils new HQ (geograph 5290723).jpg Cumbria House Carlisle Cumberland / Cumbria 2016 Modern style 2016-2023: Cumbria County Council
2023-present: Cumberland Council		 [13]
File:Matlock - County Offices frontage.jpg County Hall Matlock Derbyshire 1867 Victorian neo-gothic 1867-1955: Smedley's Hydropathic Hospital
1955–present: Derbyshire County Council		 [14]
File:Clock tower, County Hall, Exeter.jpg County Hall Exeter Devon 1958-1964 Neo-classical style 1964–present: Devon County Council [15]
File:Dorchester - County Hall (geograph 3007327).jpg County Hall Dorchester Dorset 1938-1955 Art Deco style 1955-2019: Dorset County Council
2019–present: Dorset Council		 [16]
File:County Hall Durham from the south east - geograph.org.uk - 2245778.jpg County Hall Durham County Durham 1960-1963 Brutalist style 1963–present: Durham County Council [17]
File:East Sussex County Hall.jpg County Hall Lewes East Sussex 1968 Modern style 1968-present: East Sussex County Council
Also used by Lewes District Council		 [18]
File:County Hall, Beverley.jpg County Hall Beverley East Riding of Yorkshire 1881 Flemish Renaissance style 1889-1974: East Riding County Council
1974-1996: Humberside County Council
1996–present: East Riding of Yorkshire Council		 [19]
File:County Hall Chelmsford Essex.jpg County Hall Chelmsford Essex 1909 Neo-classical style 1909–present: Essex County Council [20]
File:Gloucester Shire Hall 04.JPG Shire Hall Gloucester Gloucestershire 1816 Neo-classical style 1816–present: Gloucestershire County Council [21]
File:Siemens Crystal Building, London.jpg City Hall London Greater London 2012 Modern style 2012-present: Greater London Authority [22]
File:Westminster House, Portland Street, Manchester.jpg County Hall Manchester Greater Manchester 1973 Modern style 1974-1986: Greater Manchester County Council
1986-present: Commercial offices		 [23]
File:Council Offices, The Castle, Winchester - geograph.org.uk - 3273582.jpg Castle Hill Winchester Hampshire 1833 Elizabethan style 1889-present: Hampshire County Council [24]
File:Shire Hall and war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 844672.jpg Shirehall Hereford Herefordshire 1817 Neo-classical style 1889-1974: Herefordshire County Council
1998-present: Herefordshire Council		 [25]
File:County Hall, Hertford.jpg County Hall Hertford Hertfordshire 1939 Neo-Georgian style with Scandinavian elements 1939–present: Hertfordshire County Council [26]
File:Public Library, Boston, Lincs (geograph 4221827).jpg County Hall Boston Holland 1927 Gothic Revival style 1927-1974: Holland County Council
1974-present:Public library		 [27]
File:Walden House (geograph 5010153).jpg Walden House Huntingdon Huntingdonshire 1674 Jacobean style 1889-1965: Huntingdonshire County Council
1965-1974: Huntingdon and Peterborough County Council
1974–present: Municipal offices and then private apartments		 [28]
File:Fenland Hall, March.jpg County Hall March Isle of Ely 1909 Edwardian style 1909-1965: Isle of Ely County Council
1974-present: Fenland District Council		 [29]
File:County Hall, Newport High Street (geograph 3567889).jpg County Hall Newport Isle of Wight 1938 Neo-Georgian style 1938–present: Isle of Wight County Council [30]
File:County Hall Maidstone 001.jpg County Hall Maidstone Kent 1824 Greek Revival style 1889-present: Kent County Council [31]
File:Lafford Terrace (geograph 5574532).jpg County Offices Sleaford Kesteven 1856 Italianate style 1925-1974: Kesteven County Council
1974-present: North Kesteven District Council		 [32]
File:County Offices, Fishergate Hill, Preston (geograph 5111525).jpg County Hall Preston Lancashire 1882 Queen Anne revival style 1889-present: Lancashire County Council [33]
File:County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester - geograph.org.uk - 1229155.jpg County Hall Glenfield Leicestershire 1967 Brutalist style 1967-present: Leicestershire County Council [34]
File:Lincolnshire County Council - geograph.org.uk - 108767.jpg County Offices Lincoln Lindsey / Lincolnshire 1932 Neo-Georgian style 1932-1974: Lindsey County Council
1974-present: Lincolnshire County Council		 [35]
File:Middlesex Guildhall.png The Guildhall Westminster Middlesex 1913 Neo-Gothic style 1913-1965: Middlesex County Council
1965-2009: Used as a court
2009–present: Supreme Court of the United Kingdom		 [36]
File:Liverpool Echo building 13 March 2013 004 stitch.jpg Metropolitan House Liverpool Merseyside 1974 Modern style 1974-1986: Merseyside County Council
1986-present: Commercial offices		 [37]
File:Norfolk County Hall, Martineau Lane - geograph.org.uk - 153348.jpg County Hall Norwich Norfolk 1968 Modern style 1968-present: Norfolk County Council [38]
File:County Hall, George Row, Northampton.jpg County Hall Northampton Northamptonshire 1845 Neo-classical style 1899-2021: Northamptonshire County Council
2021-present: Tourist Information Centre		 [39]
File:County Hall Morpeth - geograph.org.uk - 305881.jpg County Hall Morpeth Northumberland 1981 Modern style 1981-present: Northumberland County Council [40]
File:Northallerton County Hall - panoramio.jpg County Hall Northallerton North Yorkshire 1906 Edwardian Baroque style 1906-1974: North Riding County Council
1974-present: North Yorkshire County Council		 [41]
File:County Hall, West Bridgford - geograph.org.uk - 985420.jpg County Hall Nottingham Nottinghamshire 1954 Modern style 1954-present: Nottinghamshire County Council [42]
File:County Hall, New Road, Oxford.jpg County Hall Oxford Oxfordshire 1841 Gothic Revival style 1899–present: Oxfordshire County Council [43]
File:Catmose House front SE elevation.jpg Catmose House Oakham Rutland 1781 Neo-classical style 1899-1974: Rutland County Council
1997-present: Rutland County Council		 [44]
File:Council Chamber, Shire Hall, Shrewsbury - geograph.org.uk - 1236320.jpg Shirehall Shrewsbury Shropshire 1966 Modern style 1966-present: Shropshire County Council [45]
File:Taunton- Somerset County Hall (geograph 5808424).jpg County Hall Taunton Somerset 1935 Neo-Georgian style 1935–present: Somerset County Council [46]
File:Disused Council Offices Kendray Street (geograph 1649029).jpg County Hall Barnsley South Yorkshire 1960 Brutalist style 1974-1986: South Yorkshire County Council
1974-2015: Commercial offices (demolished in 2015)		 [47]
File:County Buildings Stafford Guy Cockin.JPG County Buildings Stafford Staffordshire 1895 Baroque revival style 1899–present: Staffordshire County Council [48]
File:Endeavour House, home of Suffolk County Council - geograph.org.uk - 1305044.jpg Endeavour House Ipswich Suffolk 2003 Modern style 2003-present: Suffolk County Council [49]
File:Woodhatch Place, Reigate.jpg Woodhatch Place Reigate Surrey 1999 Modern style 2020-present: Surrey County Council [50]
File:Scottish Life House and Sandyford House, Sandyford Road, Newcastle (geograph 4660002).jpg Sandyford House Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne and Wear 1974 Brutalist style 1974-1986: Tyne and Wear County Council
1986-present: Commercial offices		 [51]
File:Shire Hall, Northgate Street, Warwick.jpg Shire Hall Warwick Warwickshire 1758 Neo-classical style 1899–present: Warwickshire County Council [52]
File:County Hall - Lancaster Circus (geograph 3354898).jpg County Hall Birmingham West Midlands 1970 Brutalist style 1974-1986: West Midlands County Council
1986-present: Commercial offices		 [53]
File:County Hall, Kendal.jpg County Hall Kendal Westmorland 1939 Neo-Georgian style 1939-1974: Westmorland County Council
1974-2024: Municipal offices		 [54]
File:County Hall, Chichester (geograph 4025876).jpg County Hall Chichester West Sussex 1933 Neo-Georgian style 1933–present: West Sussex County Council [55]
File:County Hall, Wakefield (April 2024) 01.jpg County Hall Wakefield West Yorkshire 1898 Gothic Revival style 1898-1974: West Riding County Council
1974-1986: West Yorkshire County Council
1986-present: Wakefield Metropolitan District Council		 [56]
File:WiltshireCouncilTrowbridge.jpg County Hall Trowbridge Wiltshire 1940 Neo-Georgian style 1940–present: Wiltshire County Council [57]
File:Worcester - County Hall (geograph 3976307).jpg County Hall Worcester Worcestershire 1978 Brutalist style 1978-1998: Hereford and Worcester County Council
1998-present: Worcestershire County Council		 [58]

Scotland

County halls ceased to have a role in Scotland in 1975, when a system of large regional councils was introduced.[59] Former county halls in Scotland, with the county they served, include:Template:Efn

Name Town or city County Reference
County Buildings Aberdeen Aberdeenshire [60]
County Buildings Forfar Angus [61]
County Buildings Inveraray Argyll [62]
County Buildings Ayr Ayrshire [63]
County Buildings Banff Banffshire [64]
County Buildings Duns Berwickshire [65]
County Buildings Rothesay Buteshire [66]
County Offices Wick Caithness [67]
County Buildings Alloa Clackmannanshire [68]
County Buildings Dumfries Dumfriesshire [69]
County Buildings Dumbarton Dunbartonshire [70]
County Buildings Haddington East Lothian [71]
County Buildings Cupar Fife [72]
County Buildings Inverness Inverness-shire [73]
County Buildings Stonehaven Kincardineshire [74]
County Buildings Kinross Kinross-shire [75]
County Buildings Kirkcudbright Kirkcudbrightshire [76]
County Buildings Hamilton Lanarkshire [77]
County Buildings Edinburgh Midlothian [78]
County Buildings Elgin Morayshire [79]
Town and County Buildings Nairn Nairnshire [80]
County Buildings Kirkwall Orkney [81]
County Buildings Peebles Peeblesshire [82]
County Offices Perth Perthshire [83]
County Buildings Paisley Renfrewshire [84]
County Buildings Dingwall Ross and Cromarty [85]
County Offices Newtown St Boswells Roxburghshire [86]
County Buildings Selkirk Selkirkshire [87]
County Buildings Stirling Stirlingshire [88]
County Offices Golspie Sutherland [89]
County Buildings Linlithgow West Lothian [90]
County Buildings Wigtown Wigtownshire [91]
County Buildings Lerwick Zetland [92]

Northern Ireland

County halls ceased to have a role in Northern Ireland in 1973, when a system of local government districts was introduced.[93] Former county halls in Northern Ireland, with the county they served, include:Template:Efn

Name Town or city County Reference
County Hall Ballymena County Antrim [94]
Charlemont Place Armagh County Armagh [95]
Downpatrick Courthouse Downpatrick County Down [96]
County Buildings Enniskillen County Fermanagh [97]
County Hall Coleraine County Londonderry [98]
County Hall Omagh County Tyrone [99]

Wales

County halls in Wales, with the county they served, include:Template:Efn

Historic counties
Name Town or city County Reference
Shire Hall Llangefni Anglesey [100]
Shire Hall Brecon Brecknockshire [101]
County Hall Caernarfon Caernarfonshire [102]
County Offices Aberystwyth Cardiganshire [103]
County Hall Carmarthen Carmarthenshire [104]
County Hall Ruthin Denbighshire [105]
County Hall Mold Flintshire [106]
County Hall Cardiff Glamorganshire [107]
County Hall Dolgellau Merionethshire [108]
Shire Hall Newport Monmouthshire [109]
County Offices Welshpool Montgomeryshire [110]
Shire Hall Haverfordwest Pembrokeshire [111]
County Offices Llandrindod Wells Radnorshire [112]
Preserved counties
Name Town or city County Reference
County Hall Mold Clwyd [113]
County Hall Carmarthen Dyfed [114]
County Hall Cwmbran Gwent [115]
Council Offices Caernarfon Gwynedd [116]
County Hall Cardiff (Cathays Park) Mid Glamorgan [117]
County Hall Llandrindod Wells Powys [118]
County Hall Cardiff (Butetown) South Glamorgan [119]
County Hall Swansea West Glamorgan [120]

Republic of Ireland

County halls in the Republic of Ireland, with the county they serve, include:

Name Town or city County Reference
County Buildings Carlow County Carlow [121]
Cavan Courthouse Cavan County Cavan [122]
County Building Ennis County Clare [123]
County Hall Cork County Cork [124]
County House Lifford County Donegal [125]
County Hall Dún Laoghaire Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown [126]
County Hall Swords Fingal [127]
County Hall Galway County Galway [128]
County Hall Tralee County Kerry [129]
County Building Naas County Kildare [130]
County Hall Kilkenny County Kilkenny [131]
County Hall Portlaoise County Laois [132]
County Hall Carrick-on-Shannon County Leitrim [133]
Civic Offices Limerick County Limerick [134]
County Hall Longford County Longford [135]
County Hall Dundalk County Louth [136]
County Hall Castlebar County Mayo [137]
County Hall Navan County Meath [138]
County Offices Monaghan County Monaghan [139]
County Hall Tullamore County Offaly [140]
County Hall Roscommon County Roscommon [141]
County Hall Sligo County Sligo [142]
County Hall Tallaght South Dublin [143]
Civic Offices Nenagh County Tipperary (formerly North Tipperary) [144]
Civic Offices Clonmel County Tipperary (formerly South Tipperary) [145]
Civic Offices Dungarvan County Waterford [146]
County Buildings Mullingar County Westmeath [147]
County Hall Wexford County Wexford [148]
County Buildings Wicklow County Wicklow [149]

See also

Notes

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