Template:Did you know nominations/Swanage Town Hall
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:49, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
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Swanage Town Hall
Façade of Swanage Town Hall
- ... that the façade of Swanage Town Hall (pictured) was salvaged from London's 17th-century Mercers' Hall? "George Burt is famous for bringing features of Old London to Swanage. These can be seen at Purbeck House Hotel, Durlston Country Park and the Town Hall. ... The centre of the Town Hall façade was designed by Edward Jerman, a pupil of Sir Christopher Wren who also designed the second Royal Exchange. It was originally constructed for the Mercers’ Hall on Cheapside in 1670. The Mercers’ Company was one of the richest of the London guilds and remains in existence today. It is finely carved and over the main doorway can be seen the Virgin Mary with a cherub on each side which was the emblem of the Mercers’ Company. "
- ALT1:... that "if ever a book comes to be written on How to Murder Architecture, the Swanage Town Hall (pictured) should find a place therein"? "One critic in the 1930s condemned the way in which the Mercers’ frontage had been re-set in two wings which were ‘positively dreadful’ and concluded that ‘if ever a book comes to be written on ‘How to murder Architecture’, the Swanage Town Hall should find a place therein’." from "The History of Swanage Town Hall". Swanage Town Council. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ALT2:... that the incorporation of part of the 17th-century Mercers' Hall into Swanage Town Hall was described as "positively dreadful"?"One critic in the 1930s condemned the way in which the Mercers’ frontage had been re-set in two wings which were ‘positively dreadful’ and concluded that ‘if ever a book comes to be written on ‘How to murder Architecture’, the Swanage Town Hall should find a place therein’." from "The History of Swanage Town Hall". Swanage Town Council. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ALT3:... that the Swanage Town Hall featured in the 1978 BBC production of The Mayor of Casterbridge?"In 1977 it was filmed as part of the BBC’s production of Thomas Hardy’s Mayor of Casterbridge." [filmed in 1977, the series aired in 1978] from "The History of Swanage Town Hall". Swanage Town Council. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:24, 20 January 2020 (UTC).
