Shire Hall

The Shire Hall is a public building in , England, completed in 1798 to a design by John Harvey. Formerly a courthouse, it housed an art gallery which closed to the public in July 2017.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: historic site in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Shire Hall And Attached Railings, Gates And Lamp Standards” and “Shire Hall, Stafford”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ancient High House and St Mary’s Church, Stafford.

Museum
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The is an Elizabethan town house located on the main street in . The house was constructed in 1595 by the Dorrington family, from local oak, which anecdotally came from the nearby Doxey Wood, and is the largest timber framed town house in . is situated 360 feet south of Shire Hall.

Church
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St Mary's Church, Stafford is a Grade I listed parish church in , , England. is situated 440 feet southwest of Shire Hall.

Church
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is situated 720 feet southwest of Shire Hall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stafford and Doxey.

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is a market town and the county town of , England. It is located about 15 miles south of , 15 miles north of and 24 miles north-west of .

Village
is a civil parish within the borough of Stafford, in , England; it is a north-western suburb of the town of . It became a civil parish on 1 April 2005.

Village
is a village in the civil parish of , in the Stafford district, in , England, west of the town of . In 2025 it had an estimated population of 630. is situated 2 miles west of Shire Hall.

Shire Hall

Latitude
52.80725° or 52° 48′ 26″ north
Longitude
-2.11678° or 2° 7′ 0″ west
Established
1798
Operator
Staffordshire County Council
Open location code
9C4VRV4M+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 127091724
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q7498359
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