Colchester Town Hall

Colchester Town Hall on the High Street was built between 1897 and 1902 to designs by architect John Belcher in the Edwardian Baroque style, replacing an earlier nineteenth-century building on the same site. The site's civic function dates back further still: an earlier moot hall stood there from 1277 until its demolition in 1843. The present building is a Grade I listed structure, first listed in 1968, reflecting its architectural quality in red brick and Portland stone. It remains the seat of Colchester's local council and a prominent civic landmark in the town centre.