On the N side of the market place but it is not known if the present town hall occupies the site of the original.
Still in use
Nothing is known about the location or design of the original town hall.
1713 and 1731 Town destroyed by fire. The second and more serious destroyed virtually everything that had survived the first fire, so the only buildings remaining were the Old House c.1660 in The Close, and the Ryves Almshouses c.1682 in Salisbury Street. Rebuilding, with a widened market place, commenced immediately. 1734 New town hall completed.
REED Dorset/Cornwall
