26 June 2025 Berwick
Walk into town first thing then cycle about looking for new things that I have not seen before.
The former Good Templar Hall in Berwick-upon-Tweed is located on Coxon’s Lane. It was built in 1874 as a temperance hall for the Independent Order of Good Templars. Today, only the front elevation of the building remains. The site of the hall is now a car park
Urban Sanitary Authority Building, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland DSC_4788
In 1835, Berwick was told that its prison in the Town Hall was unsuitable and needed to be replaced. It took sometime to find a site, agree on plans and raise the money to do this. However, this project finally came to fruition with the opening of this building in Wallace Green in 1849 as a Prison. It’s history as a prison was relatively short lived as it closed in 1878. However, having cost so much to build, a new use had to be found for it. Initially it was used as a Court house and by Berwick’s Police Force, but then in the early 1890s it was purchased by Berwick’s
Urban Sanitary Authority, it was converted to office
accommodation and stables were built on the back of the site. A plaque above the main door commemorates the completion of this work in 1892. From then until 2009, the building was used a Council administrative buildings, being eventually sold after 2015 to a local developer, who has converted it to four properties, retaining many of its original features, including some of the prison cells on the top floor.
Came across these lovely flowers on my look around FAB. (click image for BIG)
Interesting look at the size of the tennis balls in the left bottom window
All the swans where arriving in the harbor.
Whilst walking into town I noticed a No parking cone in an unusual place ?
