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The building continued to serve as the meeting place of
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The first building on the site was a public house known as "The Bear", which dated back to at least the mid-17th century. It was acquired by
Harwich Borough Council, when the council relocated from an earlier guildhall in St Austin's Gate, in 1673. The current building was designed in the
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However, following local government re-organisation in 1974, the guildhall became the meeting place of
Harwich Town Council. An extensive programme of refurbishment works was carried out at the guildhall between August 1975 and April 1977.
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which was embellished with a series of recessed panels. Internally, the principal room was the council chamber, which was panelled, on the first floor. There was also a mayor's parlour, which contained the civic regalia and the
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