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The building is constructed of grey limestone and red sandstone, with yellow sandstone dressings. The left-hand section of three bays is slightly projected forward from the right-hand section of two bays. The left-hand section, which is also taller than the right-hand section, is fenestrated with
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Masonic records, 1717–1894: being lists of all the lodges at home and abroad warranted by the four grand lodges and the "United Grand Lodge" of
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on the ground floor, and with round-headed windows with voussoirs on the first floor. The first bay in the right-hand section contains a doorway on the ground floor and a narrow casement window with an
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principal room is the former council chamber on the ground floor, behind the segmental-headed windows. Torbay
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against German bombing. The town hall continued to serve as the council headquarters for over half a century, but ceased to be the local seat of government when the council relocated to
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