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Bournemouth Town Hall, also known as the Civic Centre and formerly the Mont Dore Hotel, is a municipal facility in Bourne Avenue, Bournemouth, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council , is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ]
Town Hall sign. Bourne Town Hall is the town hall of Bourne, Massachusetts.It is located at 24 Perry Road in the Buzzards Bay section of the town. The two story Classical Revival brick building was built in 1914 to a design by architect James Purdon, and is the town's first and only purpose-built town hall.
Bourne Town Council also began using the South Kesteven Community Point as their meeting place at that time. [10] In March 2018 ownership of the building passed to a new entity, Bourne Town Hall Trust, [ 11 ] a charity which is raising funds to restore the building, re-instate the clock tower and convert the building into an accessible arts ...
The main hall. In early 1870, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company, to be known as the "Bourne Public Hall and Corn Exchange Company", to finance and commission a purpose-built corn exchange for the town. The site they selected, on the northeast side of Abbey Road, was leased to the proprietors of an old post office.
Bourne Hall is surrounded by a stream-side public park with a pond at one end and a fountain; these were formerly the grounds of Garbrand Hall, an 18th-century mansion, later used as a school and also called Bourne Hall, which the new building replaced. [17]
Parking at both ponds carry charges, but payment can only be made digitally. [ 9 ] During hot weather in 2018 large numbers of visitors flocked to Frensham Common, particularly Frensham Great Pond, causing an anti-social parking problem with cars parked on rural clearways, double yellow lines and also leaving behind large amounts of rubbish.
The complex also houses at least 12 restaurants and an underground car park for up to 250 cars. This replaces both the Odeon and ABC cinemas in Westover Road, which have now closed. In 2019, the council was abolished as Bournemouth became part of the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area.
At the rear of the building was Bourne Hall, a dance hall built in the 1920s, which in the 1940s became the venue for the Wood Green Jazz Club. The club was captured in the 1956 BFI -funded documentary film Momma Don't Allow .