Wakefield Town Hall
It remains a venue for weddings and civil partnerships but is no longer the headquarters of Wakefield Council which is now based at County Hall.[1][5] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Wood Street; the central section, which slightly projected forward, featured a doorway with an entablature and pediment and a balcony above; there were ornate oriel windows on the first floor and pedimented bay windows on the second floor and a steeply pitched roof above.[9] Following the Second World War, a plaque was installed in the council chamber in June 1946 to commemorate the council's decision to award the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry the right to parade through the streets of the city with "drums beating, bands playing, colours flying and bayonets fixed".[10][11] Princess Elizabeth, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the town hall and waved to the crowds from the balcony on 27 July 1949.[15] Following an extensive refurbishment of various parts of the town hall in 2016,[16] the council chamber was re-opened as the "Kingswood Suite", for use by the local Register Office as a venue for weddings and civil partnerships.