Stubbylee Hall
house in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK
Stubbylee Hall, formerly known as Bacup Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Stubbylee Lane in Bacup, a town in Lancashire in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Bacup Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
History
The building was commissioned as a private house by the Holt family, in the early 19th century. The senior member of the family at that time was James Holt, a local baize manufacturer. It was designed in the neoclassical style built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1808. It was enlarged in 1872, under the ownership of the member of parliament, James Maden Holt.
Following significant population growth, largely associated with textile manufacturing, a local board of health was established in Bacup in 1863. The area was then incorporated as a municipal borough in 1882. The borough council initially established a council chamber and an office for the town clerk in the market hall on the corner of Bank Street and Lord Street.
In 1914, Stubbylee Hall was purchased by Bacup Borough Council, using money donated by Miles Ashworth.
“Stubbylee Hall” enters the record as house in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Stubbylee, Hall and house can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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