The first town hall in South Shields was commissioned as a manorial courthouse by the Dean and Chapter of Durham in the Market Place in 1768. The design included arcading on the ground floor to allow markets to be held, steps leading to a door on the first floor on the north side and Venetian windows on the first floor on the other sides. At roof level there is a square timber turret with a cupola. Following incorporation as a municipal borough in September 1850, the new civil leaders at South Shields Corporation acquired the building for use as a town hall in 1855.

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Date: 25 June 2017
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 28mm
Aperture: ƒ/10
Shutter Speed: 1/250s
ISO: 200
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Following development of the area in front of the Town Hall, some of these lamps were relocated to South Marine Park where they can still be seen (although vandalised).

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Date: 10 May 2017
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 40mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International