Building Name

Winsford Town Hall

Date
1871
District/Town
Winsford Bridge, Winsford
County/Country
Cheshire, England
Architect
Work
New build
Status
Destroyed by fire 1946

NEW TOWN HALL, WINSFORD, CHESHIRE -  A design, which has been approved for the new Town Hall, Winsford, Cheshire, has been submitted by Mr. James Redford, architect, of Manchester. The intended site is a picturesque spot adjoining the River Weaver and Winsford Bridge. The building will be constructed on piling, in the fifteenth-century style of timber erections, with plastering between the wall framing. No stone or brick work or other weighty material will be used, as novel provision will be made to lift the Town Hall when necessity arises; for, consequent upon the pumping-up of brine (the staple commodity of the district), the buildings in the neighbourhood gradually subside (with many rents and fissures) into the ground, reminding one more of a South American city subject to earthquakes than a town in merry England.-Builder. [Builder 1 April 1871 page 251; repeated in Manchester Times 8 April 1871 page 6]

Reference        Manchester Times 8 April 1871 page 6
Reference        Builder 1 April 1871 page 251
Reference        The Architect 2 December 1871 page xii - contracts