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was established at council offices in High West Street in 1974. Instead, the municipal buildings and the nearby offices on North Square passed to the new
Dorchester Town Council. The roof of the municipal buildings complex was completely replaced in spring 2021.
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English corn as a result of cheap imports in the 1870s, the openings on the ground floor were filled in with windows and the former corn exchange was subsequently used as an events venue: the novelist,
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Dorchester Borough Council for much of the 20th century, supplemented by nearby offices on North Square. It ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
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was established on the ground floor while a town hall and a council chamber were accommodated on the first floor. Pevsner described the building as the "visual climax" to views along the High
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bricks with stone dressings and was completed in 1848. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto High East Street; the central bay featured a doorway with a
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completion of the works, which were estimated to cost £2 million, the building would re-open under the management of
Dorchester Arts, an organisation supported by
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