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( Rochdale Town Hall)
Rochdale Town Hall is a town hall in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England that houses much of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale's government and administrative functions. Completed by architect William Henry Crossland in 1871, it is one of the United Kingdom's finest examples of Victorian Gothic revival architecture.[1] A major landmark for Rochdale, the building is a Grade I listed building.[2] The original clock tower, which rose to 240&_160;feet (73.2&_160;m), was destroyed by fire in 1883. The present shorter (and less flamboyant) tower was designed by Alfred Waterhouse in 1887.[1] The stained glass window on the south side is said to have been admired by Adolf Hitler who, an American academic believed, wanted to ship the building, brick-by-brick, to Germany had the Nazis won World War II.[3]
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