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MIDSOMER NORTON LIFE
MIDSOMER NORTON Town Hall Transformation Project T
he new Midsomer Norton Heritage Action Zone (HAZ) has opened up new hope for the Town Hall Transformation which aims to improve the building for community use. The successful HAZ bid to Heritage England includes budget allocation to support reinstating the original Market Hall.
transformed by a massive building programme believed to be inspired by Thomas Harris Smith, local brewer and entrepreneur. As well as the Town Hall, TSB (Bank House), the Greyhound/ NatWest and the original Smith’s Brewery (where Weatherspoon’s/Fat Sam's is) were all under construction along with the Methodist Church.
Midsomer Norton Market Hall, as the Town Hall was originally known, opened on 18th September 1860 when 4000 people attended the opening. Last September marked its 160th anniversary. At that time in the 1860s Midsomer Norton was being
If you look closely at the Town Hall it’s a beautiful building. Constructed largely in local stone in the Italian Gothic style at an original cost of £1,500, it was used at first as a market hall; corn and cattle markets being held on the
