Birkenhead Town Hall

Birkenhead Town Hall
Birkenhead Town Hall is located in Merseyside
Birkenhead Town Hall
Location within Merseyside
General information
Architectural styleClassical[1][2]
Classification
Listed Building – Grade II*
Designated29 July 1950
Reference no.1201582
AddressHamilton Street, Birkenhead,
Merseyside, CH41 5BR
Coordinates53°23′36″N 3°00′52″W / 53.39333°N 3.01444°W / 53.39333; -3.01444
Construction started1883[2]
Completed1887[2]
Renovated2001
Height200 ft (clock tower)[3]
Design and construction
Architect(s)Christopher Obee Ellison[4][5]
Architecture firmC O Ellison & Son[1][2]

Birkenhead Town Hall is a civic building and former town hall in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England. The building was the former administrative headquarters of the County Borough of Birkenhead, and more recently, council offices for the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral. Birkenhead Town Hall remains the location of the town's register office. However, since the closure of the Wirral Museum in 2010, there is uncertainty over the future purpose of the Grade II* listed building.[5]

  1. ^ a b Central Birkenhead, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, archived from the original on 16 December 2003, retrieved 31 March 2009
  2. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Birkenhead: An Illustrated History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference learninggrid was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Wirral Museum, Culture 24, retrieved 31 March 2009
  5. ^ a b The Former Birkenhead Town Hall: Building, archived from the original on 11 July 2011, retrieved 30 June 2010