Corn Exchange and Old Town Hall viewed across The Square
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Corn Exchange and Old Town Hall viewed across The Square by Roger Templeman as part of the Geograph project.
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Corn Exchange and Old Town Hall viewed across The Square
Image: © Roger Templeman Taken: 18 Mar 2011
The original town hall is the building to the right of the clock tower, and was completed in 1852. It stands on the south side of the old market square and was designed to be a market house, but was used for many meetings, especially those concerning the government of the town (until 1891) which had previously been conducted just down the road in the Goddard Arms Hotel. The Corn Exchange with the 80 foot clock tower above it was added in 1866. The building has since served as a roller skating rink, cinema, dance hall and bingo hall, but then stood empty and deteriorating for some years and was considerably damaged by fire on 18th May 2003.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.55161
Longitude
-1.773519