Back into town, this view from Orange Grove looks along past Brydon's Municipal Buildings of 1893, 'rendered necessary by the large increase of public business since the erection of the central building the
Still alone and flanked by old trees from the carriage drive to Wycombe Abbey, the Town Hall is two years old in
this view, a fine building in Queen Anne style.
Sad to say, this is an archive view, for since 1904 all the dignified Georgian and early Victorian buildings on the right have been replaced as far as the middle distance building with a corniced parapet
The old Town Hall is a dignified building of
mellow brick with a clock beneath an elegant
cupola.The building looks just the same now
as it did in about 1960; nowadays, part of it
is a dance and
The heart of the city changed almost
continuously throughout the 20th century
as new public buildings, office buildings
and department stores were constructed
and road building and widening schemes
The heart of the city changed almost
continuously throughout the 20th century
as new public buildings, office buildings
and department stores were constructed
and road building and widening schemes
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