Llanidloes Town Hall

The building was commissioned following of a request from the local Free Church Council who believed the town needed a public library and a temperance hotel, although the concept was significantly adjusted to create a new market hall and a new meeting place for the borough council, who had previously met in the Old Market Hall. The site was paid for by the borough council and the cost of construction was paid for by the descendants of David Davies of Llandinam who had served as a member of parliament and had been involved in the construction of the Llanidloes and Newtown Railway, which had opened in 1859. The building was designed by Frank Shayler and Thomas Ridge in the Arts and Crafts…