Old Town Hall, Bosham
The Old Town Hall is a historic building on Shore Road in Bosham, a town in West Sussex, in England. The structure, which has been converted into a private house, is a Grade II listed building.
History
The current structure consists of several properties overlooking Chichester Harbour, including a couple of workman's cottages and an early town hall, which individually date back to 1694. The properties were built in rubble masonry with red brick dressings. The old town hall was used as a local meeting place, possibly by the feudal representatives of the lords of the manor, who, in the 18th century, were the Earls of Berkeley. The properties were later amalgamated to form an integrated structure. To the left of the old town hall, there was a raised walkway, known as the "Trippit", which was built of stones from all over Europe and which had arrived in Bosham as ship's ballast.By the early 19th century, the building was being used as a private house. A pumping station, in the form of a rotunda, designed in the William and Mary style, was erected in the garden in the early 1930s. The house then remained in the hands of the Mackenzie family, from 1934 until well into the 21st century. It was marketed for sale for £4.5 million in April 2021.