{"id":198064,"date":"2025-06-19T20:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198064\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T20:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:45:16","slug":"the-greater-manchester-town-hall-with-a-leaky-roof-set-for-1m-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/198064\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greater Manchester town hall with a leaky roof set for \u00a31m makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The problems are becoming both more frequent and increasingly serious<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_VCP_MEN_280118_Hyde_03JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Hyde Town Hall\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Hyde Town Hall(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Hyde Town Hall is set to get a makeover worth almost \u00a31m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Grade II-listed building, which officially opened in 1885, has been plagued by issues of water getting in and degrading the insides in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The problem has been getting worse in the last year, according to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/tameside\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Tameside<\/a> Council reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Next week, town hall bosses are set to sign off on \u00a3950,000 worth of works to repair the roof of the historic building and refurbish inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Council papers read: \u201cThe building has suffered several incidences of major water ingress during the winter of 2024\/25 as well as in previous years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The building managers have noted that the incidences are becoming both more frequent and increasingly serious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAreas affected have included the main feature stairwell, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/all-about\/hyde-and-longdendale\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyde<\/a> Library, the Rutherford Suite, Business Centre and the area adjacent to the MP\u2019s office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/0_CGI-of-the-reenvisaged-Hyde-Town-Hall.jpg\" alt=\"CGI of the reenvisaged Hyde Town Hall\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>CGI of the reenvisaged Hyde Town Hall(Image: Tameside Council)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The work is deemed essential to ensure the building is fit for purpose so the children\u2019s services staff based there can deliver the department improvement without disruption.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The programme is scheduled to complete the works by the end of February 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The town hall is expected to be the centrepiece in an overhaul for Hyde.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A repurposed town hall, the overhaul of Clarendon Shopping Centre, creation of a more attractive public realm and a redesign of the markets are all touted in a masterplan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Under the local authority\u2019s vision, the public realm upgrades to Market Square will prioritise the use of the square for cultural events, festivals, pop-ups, and placemaking activities that bring vibrancy, excitement, and diversity to the town centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The idea behind this is to link the newly refurbished shopping centre and Market Square to the town hall (just across the road).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">This goes towards one of the masterplan goals of making Hyde Town Hall a \u2018regionally significant cultural destination\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The problems are becoming both more frequent and increasingly seriousHyde Town Hall(Image: Manchester Evening News) Hyde Town 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