Master Potters in Georgian Burslem (1714-1837)
Alley end and Town Hall in Market Street (was Market Square)
Location 11 on
the index map
Looking back we see the alleyway we have emerged
from
leading to High Street.
Directly in front is what was the Town Hall,
now a listed building.
Completed in 1854 in ashlar, neo-classic style the
architect was G.T.Robinson.
(Ashlar
is made up of carefully worked stones
set with fine, close joints)
The previous
Town Hall (on the same site) was a much smaller affair
as can be seen on the 1851
map of the town centre.
a 1893 picture and description of the Town Hall
next we go to look at the Mechanics Institute
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