The Completion of Birmingham Town Hall and the Music Festival
The Completion of Birmingham Town Hall and the Music Festival, bronze medal, 1834, published by E. Thomason, a view of the Town Hall, BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL/ HANSON & WELCH ARCHITECTS, rev. legend in thirteen lines, . . . . . THE FIRST/ MUSICAL FESTIVAL/ HELD IN THE HALL/ OCTOBER 1834/ PRESIDENT/ THE RIGHT. HONL. THE EARL OF AYLESFORD, 39 mm, (BHM. 1676), contained in original red leather case. Good extremely fine and scarce in this condition. £125.00
Taylor states that the architects, then unknown won a competition in 1830 for the project with a fine classical revival design based on the Temple of Castor and Polux in the Roman Forum. Although the building was sufficiently complete to be opened in 1834, such were the contracting costs that the architects Hansom and Welch were brought to bankruptcy and the job was passed on to Charles Edge.
The new Town Hall opened, on 7th October a musical festival was held to raise funds for the General Hospital. Receipts for the first day amounted to roughly �3000.
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