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Old Town Hall, Wilton

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31: 159: 207:, which stood on the east side of Market Place; it was a two-storey building with shops on the ground floor and an assembly room on the first floor. The assembly room was accessed using an external staircase on the north side. In the 1730s, after the guildhall became dilapidated, borough officials decided to demolish the old building and to build a new structure on the same site. 166: 214:, built in red brick with stone dressings and was completed in 1738. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with six bays facing onto Market Place; there was a doorway with a wooden surround and a 257: 263:
The town hall continued to serve as a meeting place for the borough council for much of the 20th century, but ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged
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From Anzac to Armistice: For King and Country: Residents and those born on the New South Wales Central Coast in the Australian Imperial Forces during World War I
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in the third bay from the right; the other bays on the ground floor contained segmental openings while the first floor was fenestrated by
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holding its annual meetings there. Meanwhile, offices for council officers and their departments were established in Kingsbury Square.
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In the late 19th century, the town hall was the venue for local classes in science and art and, during the
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minister, the Reverend Oliver Vellacott, refurbished and then re-opened as a Baptist church in 1981.
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being held there. It also served as a community events venue with organisations such as the
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Calendar, History, and General Summary of Regulations of the Department of Science and Art
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The borough council, which had met in the town hall, was reformed under the
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was formed in 1974. It was subsequently acquired by the local
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The first municipal building in the town was an ancient
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Wilton
51°04′47″N 1°51′48″W / 51.0798°N 1.8632°W / 51.0798; -1.8632
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Old Town Hall, Wilton is located in Wiltshire
Wilton, Wiltshire
listed building
guildhall
neoclassical style
cornice
sash windows
architraves
Municipal Corporations Act 1883
pyramid
dome
Nikolaus Pevsner
First World War
courts martial
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society
Salisbury District Council
Baptist




Historic England
"Market Hall (1023717)"
National Heritage List for England

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