The wheel has turned full circle as Shrewsbury's Shirehall faces an uncertain future

Vacated by staff last November, the huge council office block at the eastern gateway to the county town lies empty with a big question mark over its future.

Here is the story so far.

Historically, the Shirehall was in The Square in Shrewsbury town centre. Then they decided they wanted a new Shirehall, and in the 1960s built the complex in the shadow of Lord Hill's column at great expense in what was Shropshire's biggest public building project since the Second World War.

Despite a big campaign to save the old Shirehall, the handsome building was subsequently demolished.

The new Shirehall became operational in 1966 and was ceremonially opened by the Queen in 1967, with huge crowds in attendance.........

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