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Colliton Park, DORCHESTER, DT1 1XJ

The foundation stone was laid on 26 September 1938 by the Earl of Shaftesbury. The architect was H E Matthews. However, the outbreak of war delayed the completion until 1955 when the Lord Bishop Suffragan of Sherborne laid the dedication stone on 27 May 1955. The stones are either side of the entrance steps. It looks like there may have been flag poles on the front of the building (or plans for these). The main building seen in the photograph contains the court house on the left side and the reception area in the centre of the block, which retains much of its Art Deco feel. There is then a passage from behind the reception area that connects to another building behind (it can just be seen to the left). This building has 3 wings that go to the left, right and ahead. At the junction is an Art Deco circular stairwell with a lift in the centre. Many of the rooms in these blocks have the metal Crittall windows.

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Art Deco style County Hall.

The main building, off Glyde Path Road; once the gardens of Colliton House.

The roman town house is in the grounds of Dorset County Hall. The remains of the house are protected by a red steel framed, glass sided shelter. This is a view looking through one of the glass side walls with County Hall and the blue skies above reflected in it. If one ignores county hall one can see the internal structure of the shelter roof and at lower right part of an internal roman house wall. The steel rod in the foreground is a diagonal stabilising stay in the side wall of the shelter.

Looking east along the path that runs along the northern edge of Colliton Park (right). To the left is the road known as Northernhay. In the distance can be seen the scaffolding-clad chimneys of the Victorian HMP Dorchester.

The remains of this house were found in 1937. It dates to the 4thC AD, very late in the Roman occupation of Britain. Beautiful mosaics were found in part of the house and this part was covered with a steel and glass roof. It is located in the grounds of County Hall and never seems to have any visitors.

Dorchester's walks follow the lines of the roman walls. This was taken at the north-eastern corner of the roman town. The road on the right is known as The Grove.