Gardens · South East England
Civic Centre
Civic Centre — a garden in england-south-east, United Kingdom.
Jim Champion — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Civic Centre is a garden of interest in england-south-east, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
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". It was designated as a Grade II* listed building in 1980.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Since the 1870s, there has been debate in the council over the housing of the borough offices: departments were scattered around the town, making co-ordination and timely response fairly difficult, with the old Audit House opposite Holyrood Church being totally inadequate. After extensive discussions about the proposed civic centre, Herbert Austin-Hall was appointed to assess a design competition for the new building. Following the competition, Ernest Berry Webber was chosen to design the centre in the Classical style with a budget of just under £400,000. It was opened by the Duke of York, and his wife, the Duchess of York, on 8 November 1932. and named after Sir Sidney Kimber, who had…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 50.9080, -1.4065
- District
- Southampton
- Parish
- Southampton, unparished area
- Postcode
- SO14 7LP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Established
- 1939
- Opening
- Mo-Fr 10:00-15:00; Sa 10:00-17:00
- Official site
- southamptoncityartgallery.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q5124290 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Southampton Civic Centre (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Civic Centre?
- Civic Centre is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode SO14 7LP), in the parish of Southampton, unparished area.
- When was Civic Centre built?
- Built or established in 1939.
- Who owns Civic Centre?
- Civic Centre is owned by | designation1 =Grade II* Listed Building.
- How do I get to Civic Centre?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SO14 7LP. It sits within the Southampton Itchen parliamentary constituency.