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Roman Town House, Dorchester

Field	Value
name	Roman Town House
image	Roman Town House, Dorchester.jpg
caption	The Roman Town House ruins
locmapin	Dorset
coordinates
location	Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset
built
area	Durnovaria
governing_body	Dorset Museum
designation1	Grade I Listed Building
designation1_date	8 May 1950
designation1_number	1210098
designation2	Scheduled monument
designation1_offname	Roman House
designation2_offname	Colliton Park Roman house
designation2_date	18 May 1938
designation2_number	1002721
owner	Dorset Council

The Roman Town House in Dorchester is a Roman ruin within Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, England. Dorset County Council acquired Colliton Park in 1933 as the site for the construction of County Hall. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38 during an archaeological investigation carried out by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society prior to the construction of the new building. Plans for County Hall were modified so that the Town House could be retained on site.

The Town House is a scheduled monument and a Grade I listed building. It is bounded on the north and west sides by North Walk and West Walk which are also scheduled monuments having the remains of the Roman ramparts of the town just below surface level.

Built around 307 AD and extended in 341 AD, the Town House has two principal ranges of rooms. The South Range comprising rooms 1–7 survives in the plan form of flint and stone walls on the grass covered site. The West Range comprising rooms 8–18 was mosaic floored. This range was re-excavated and provided with a steel and glass cover building with a stone tiled roof all perched on the original foundations between 1996 and 1999.

Public access

The site is owned by Dorset Council and the grounds are free to visit. Dorset Museum manage events and provide access to the inside of the structure on tours.

References

{{National Heritage List for England
{{National Heritage List for England
"Roman Town House - Dorset Council".
"Roman Town House".

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