Town Hall, Bournemouth and George Tapps blue plaque

Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, England, United Kingdom

Town Hall Buildings 1875 Sir George Tapps built the thatched "Ashley Cottages" here in 1812. In 1875 Bournemouth's first Town Hall was built on this site. The civic offices, which later became the Criterion Hotel, survive at the front, but with an 1898 facade. The hall was converted into an arcade i

n 1886 and refurbished in 1962 and 1991.

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