Sheffield Town Hall is a building in the City of Sheffield, England. Designed by the London-based architect E W Mountford and used by Sheffield City Council, the town hall was constructed over a seven-year period from 1890 to 1897, with the building opening on 21 May 1897. In 1923, an extension designed by F. E. P. Edwards was added. The wonderful, gothic, exterior is built of Stoke stone from the Stoke Hall Quarry in Grindleford, Derbyshire and is decorated with carvings by F W Pomeroy which depict the industries of Sheffield (famous for iron and steel).
The building was opened by Queen Victoria, using a remote control lock from her carriage. This was not as automated as it sounds - the turning of the key in the lock triggered a light in the building which was the signal for three concealed men to open the gates.
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