Eastbourne, Town Hall 1890
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Lobbying by the Duke of Devonshire and others secured borough status for Eastbourne in 1883 with George Wallis, the Duke's agent, becoming the first mayor. The Town Hall was built following an architectural competition to designs by a Birmingham architect, W Tadman Foulkes. The foundation stone was laid by Lord Edward Cavendish, the Duke's son, in 1884. It is in an ornate Renaissance style and better in the flesh than it looks in this photograph; it is still very fresh and hard-edged.
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