A new buyer is being sought for part of historic Shire Hall – the former home of Cambridgeshire County Council in Cambridge. Bids are invited for the lease or sale of the Shire Hall site, after the previous preferred bidder was unable to continue their interest. In a city-centre location, Shire Hall had been the Cambridgeshire County Council’s headquarters since the 1930s, but the site itself was the seat of Government in Cambridge for over 1,000 years. Previously the site of two medieval castles, the current building was the county council’s administrative centre from its completion in 1933 u…