The Bear Steps Gallery is hosting an exhibition of photograph of the Shirehall from 1967.
Shropshire Council is proposing to demolish the building and move the council headquarters into a new town centre complex at The Riverside.Finishing touches being put to the Shirehall in August 1966 – staff were already working in the building.
Protestors against demolition say the large grey building, which was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1967, is of important historical significance - part of the brutalist style of architecture. However an attempt to get English Heritage to give it a certificate of immunity was rejected in October 2020 as it did not meet the criteria.
The authority wants to build a ‘multi-agency hub’ as part of plans for a major redevelopment of the Riverside area in Shrewsbury.'The Shirehall, Civic Pride in Architecture' exhibition is on display at the Bear Steps Gallery until July 22.
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