Southampton Civic Centre | |
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Location | Southampton, England |
Coordinates | 50°54′28.78″N 1°24′23.46″W / 50.9079944°N 1.4065167°W |
Built | 1939 |
Architect | Ernest Berry Webber |
Architectural style(s) | Classical style |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
Designated | 10 October 1980 |
Reference no. | 1092036 |
The Civic Centre is a municipal building located in the Cultural Quarter area within the city of Southampton, England. It comprises offices occupied by Southampton City Council, the SeaCity Museum, the Guildhall, the Southampton City Art Gallery, and the city library. It was designed by the English architect Ernest Berry Webber in the Classical style in 1929 and constructed over a ten-year period. It was completed in 1939. Pevsner's Hampshire: South describes it as "the most ambitious civic building erected in the provinces in the interwar years".[1] It was designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1980.[2]