1877 – Design for Wakefield Town Hall, Yorkshire

Architect: William J. Fennell

Irish builder and engineer

“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.”