1877
Architecture of Yorkshire
town halls
Wakefield
Wakefield Town Hall Competition
William J. Fennell (d.1923)
Random Building
1886 – Beverley Corn Exchange, Yorkshire
1877 – Design for Wakefield Town Hall, Yorkshire
Architect: William J. Fennell
“With this number we publish a design for the above, submitted in competition by Mr. W.J. Fennell. The premiums offered by the Corporation were £150, £100, and £50 ; and the proposed outlay £35,000. This called forth forty competitors, whose designs were submitted for adjudication to Mr. G.E. Street, who awarded the first place to Mr. Collcutt, of London.”