Editing Lowestoft (section)

===Town Hall===
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[[File:Lowestoft Town Hall, Historic High Street.jpg|thumbnail|left|Lowestoft Town Hall]]
Lowestoft Town Hall stands in the High Street. Various forms of local government have met or been based on this site since its establishment as a Town House and Chapel in 1570. In 1698 a new Town House was built, incorporating a [[market cross|corn cross]] on the ground floor with the meeting chamber and chapel above. This in turn was replaced by the present building, designed by architect J. L. Clemence in 1857.<ref name=halllist>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-391325-town-hall-suffolk#.VeNysrTpjdk Town Hall, Lowestoft], British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 August 2015.</ref> The building houses the town clock and the curfew bell, which dates from 1644 and is rung each evening at 8 p. m.<ref>[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/download.php?fileID=2326 Welcome to Lowestoft Town Hall] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912061407/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/site/scripts/download.php?fileID=2326 |date=12 September 2015}}, Waveney District Council. Retrieved 30 August 2015.</ref> The building is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed building]].<ref name=wdc2015hall>[http://www.waveney.gov.uk/townhallsite The future of Lowestoft Town Hall] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623164538/http://www.waveney.gov.uk/townhallsite |date=23 June 2015}}, Waveney District Council website, April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.</ref>

In 2012, Waveney District Council announced that it planned to leave the town hall and share [[Suffolk County Council]]'s offices in Riverside Road. This occurred in 2015.<ref name=wdc2015hall/>