Nuneaton Town Hall

From 1894, the Nuneaton Urban District Council (which became Nuneaton Borough Council in 1907 when Nuneaton became a municipal borough) had operated from offices in Queen's Road. By 1930 these had become too small to house the growing demand for municipal services, and so the council looked to construct a larger building. Land was purchased at the site on Coton Road for this purpose. Buildings demolished on the site included the old Nuneaton Free Library and Clare Speight's photographic studios. The building was designed by Peacock & Bewley of Birmingham in a restrained neoclassical style. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with 17 bays; a projecting central section included a…