Wed 16 Sep 26
Wed 16 Sep:13.30 to 16.30; Free Entry.
The Guildhall, Market Street, Poole BH15 1NF
Heritage Open Day: A chance to see inside Poole Guildhall where The Society for Poole will display images of the old building and talk about the development of the building and its place in the history of the town. Poole Guildhall, a two-storey brown brick building designed in “Palladian taste†style, and enhanced with limestone dressing, was built in the Coronation year of King George III (1761) to house the administration prescribed by Queen Elizabeth I who made Poole a county separate from Dorset.
The building has been considerably adapted but externally the alterations have been sympathetic and the elegant front elevation has been retained. The elegant Hall of Justice with its judicial bench remains intact and is now a wedding hall.
The Society for Poole will be hosting a viewing for Heritage Week with short presentations in the Hall at 10.30am and 11.15am. There will also be displays of pictures of old Poole and a chance to buy the Poole Flag...
