April 23rd 2010 - St George's Hall

Happy Saint George's Day, I hope you're having a spiffing time! This is St. George's Hall , a neo-clasical building and Prince Charles' favourite. Designed by London architect, Harvey Lonsdale Elmes, aged 25, the building was opened in 1854. Elmes died in 1847 and never got to see the finished building. The Hall has a ballroom, law courts and concert room, alongside the second largest pipe organ in the world (The largest is in the Anglican Cathedral). £23m has been spent recently in a major restoration and it was officially reopened on 23rd April 2007 by Prince Charles.