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The present Town Hall had an extension built (way before the eggbox), can anyone furnish me with a date for the building of the extension?

The extension is evident in picturesheffield image number v00933

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The present Town Hall had an extension built (way before the eggbox), can anyone furnish me with a date for the building of the extension?

The extension is evident in picturesheffield image number v00933

 

 

I have just looked on google and this web link below is full of information about The Town Hall.

 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Town_Hall#Exterior

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Yes, I had seen that but it doesn't have the bit of information I'm looking for, at least not explicitly so.

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The Wikipedia article mentions an "extension designed by F.E.P. Edwards" that was completed in 1923 - perhaps this is what is shown in the picturesheffield photo. It doesn't appear on old views of the Town Hall such as this 1906 postcard.

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Thank you to both of you. I had managed to completely miss that on my original reading of the article. More haste less speed and look before you leap etc.

Thank you again.

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I seem to remember reading somewhere that the 1923 extension was designed by the architect to resemble a French château, and with the roof lines and dormer windows there does seem to be a similarity to this one, for example, in the Limousin region.

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