Building Name
Town Hall and Markets Southport (Architectural Competition)
Date
1872
District/Town
Southport
County/Country
Merseyside, England
Partnership
Work
Competition entry
Status
Second premium
SOUTHPORT NEW TOWN HALL AND MARKETS. The Corporation of Southport have selected, from the designs submitted in competition for the New Town Hall and Public Markets, for the first prize a design submitted by Messrs Maxwell & Tuke, of Bury, and for the second one sent by Messrs Mellor & Sutton, of Southport. There were seventeen competitors. [Building News 5 January 1872 page 20]. The second premium in this was awarded to Messrs Mellor & Sutton, Southport, and W H. Littlewood, Manchester, instead of Mellor & Sutton, as intimated last week. [Building News 12 January 1872 page 34]
Reference : Building News 5 January 1872 page 20
Reference : Building News 12 January 1872 page 34 - correction