Greenock Municipal Buildings
municipal buildings in Greenock, Inverclyde, Scotland, UK
Greenock Municipal Buildings is a municipal structure in Clyde Square, Greenock, Scotland. The municipal buildings, which are the headquarters of Inverclyde Council, are Category A listed.
History
The first municipal building on the site was an 18th-century town house which was built on land acquired from Lord Cathcart. The works were carried out by a local builder, James Wallace, for £240 and the building was completed in 1765. Lord Cathcart insisted that the local masonic lodge should be allowed to hold meetings in the building. The building was enlarged and remodelled in the neoclassical style at a cost of £1,700 in 1858. Now referred to as the "town hall", it faced northeast onto Dalrymple Street. An organ designed and manufactured by Forster and Andrews, with three manuals and 27 stops, was installed in the building in 1862.
Following significant population growth, largely associated with the shipbuilding industry, the burgh leaders decided in the late 1870s to procure new municipal buildings: after some debate, it was decided to acquire existing properties around the town hall, to demolish these properties and to wrap the new municipal buildings around the old town hall. The design competition, for which there were over 80 entries, was won by H & D Barclay.
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