Tisbury Road

2018: The upper (northern) end of this wide and relatively peaceful street remains largely unchanged. However, as noted in the original comments, the houses to the left on the eastern side now start at number 25, numbers 1-23 having been demolished to make way for the new Town Hall and its various outbuildings. Happily, the trees have survived.  (Photographer: David Sears)

The town hall, in ‘Victorian Gothic perpendicular‘ style, opened in 1882. A similar view from a little further away and before the fire is shown in jgc_13_014. The replacement, as a lower level ‘brutalist’ set of concrete and glass blocks with a distinctive square tower and clock on Church Road, opened in 1974, with the main entrance now on the western side in Norton Road. It is currently being refurbished. The trees in Tisbury Road have been removed and the new car park replacing houses 1-23 can be seen to the far right.  (Photographer: David Sears)

2018: The original image was taken from Church Road, looking across the area cleared after the demolition of the old Town Hall to the front (west-facing) façade of the three-storey buildings on the east side of Tisbury Road. These remain largely unchanged today. On the far right is the lower building now occupied by the NatWest bank. Behind these buildings, the top of the high-rise Normandy House in The Drive is still just visible. In the modern image, this corner of Tisbury Road is occupied by the corner of the new Town Hall. Cars are now parked at an angle to the kerb to take advantage of the width of this relatively peaceful road. (Photographer: David Sears)