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Llangefni Town Hall
Llangefni Town Hall (Welsh: Neuadd y Dref Llangefni) is a civic building dating back to the mid 19th-century, in the town of Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building. DescriptionLlangefni Town Hall is located in the centre of the town with its main three-bay Neo-Gothic facade facing onto the south side of Bulkeley Square. It has a 6-window length range to the rear. The tall two-storey building is constructed of limestone, with a slate roof and decorative terracotta ridge tiles.[1] The Town Hall is Grade II listed, being a prominent town building which forms a visual grouping with the nearby Town Clock (erected 1902) and Bull Hotel.[1] The front elevation has an arched main entrance centrally at ground floor level, over which is a first floor balcony and parapet. At first floor level is a tall central traceried window and, above that, an arched recess which once contained a clock.[1] HistoryThe building is known to date from before 1887/8[1] and variously claimed to date from 1841[2] or 1871.[3] Llangefni Town Council states that the town hall was opened on 10 March 1884.[4][note 1] In 1895, it became the administrative centre for Llangefni Urban District Council,[5] continuing to be so until 1974 when local authority reorganisation led to the Shire Hall in Llangefni being re-designated the "Borough Council Offices" and becoming the headquarters of the new Ynys Mon Borough Council.[6][7] At county level Anglesey was incorporated into Gwynedd in 1974 and the county council headquarters moved to Caernarfon.[8] Brand new council offices were built at Llangefni in the 1990s for the new unitary authority, Isle of Anglesey County Council.[8] On 17 November 1992 the building was gutted by fire, with the roof and the whole interior severely damaged. Repairs cost £1 million and took three years to complete.[9] The building remained largely unused, in 2004 the county council invited declarations of interest from private developers to use the building more effectively.[10] By 2008 the building was costing the council £30,000 a year. A planning application was considered to introduce retail units and new offices to the building.[2] In 2012 £170,000 was secured to refurbish the building, with the intention of it housing Menter Môn and creating 40 jobs for the town centre.[3] In 2015 the newly refurbished town hall won the Community Benefit category of the Wales RICS Awards.[11] It was one of five UK projects nominated for the RICS Awards 2015 Grand Final.[12] Notes
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