The Hall was built in the reign of Charles I and throughout its chequered history has seen calamitous events including being extensively damaged from a gunpowder explosion in 1643. Just over a century later the Hall was actually pulled down but re-built the following year.

In 1863 major alterations resulted in a Hall very much as you see it today. Ill fate dogged it again in 1946 when fire, started from a cigarette, completely gutted the beautifully proportioned Ballroom, when a valuable painting by Gainsborough of David Garrick was destroyed.

The Town Hall houses many interesting and historic paintings and treasures and it is unsurprising that today smoking is definitely not permitted.

(stratford-tc.gov.uk/town-hall/history--of-the-town-hall)

Stephen

July 9, 2024

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