Old Town Hall, Carlisle

The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place, Carlisle, England.

[1] The current building was commissioned to replace an earlier "moot hall" on the site which dated back to 1345.

[1] The market cross in front of the town hall, which was designed by Thomas Machell and carved from stone by Thomas Addison, with its sundial and a lion holding a scroll with the city's coat of arms, was erected in 1682.

[2] Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the building to mark the city's 800th anniversary and signed the visitors' book there in October 1958.

[12] A major restoration of the building, involving asbestos removal, repairs to the roof and improved disabled access, was carried out at a cost of £0.5 million in 2013.