It can easily be recognised by the large round clock overhanging the main road.
Since becoming redundant in 1883, the Old Town Hall has had many uses including:
Local Court of Petty Sessions (with easy access to the stocks!)
Cinema
Butcher's (ground floor)
Retiring Room
Dance Hall
Hall for meetings and banquets
Tourist Information Centre
Police Museum (The Ross Simms Collection)
Winchcombe Museum with Museum Shop (The Undercroft)
Since 1986 the Town Hall has housed Winchcombe Museum (owned by Winchcombe Town Trust) in the part of the building that was the old Court Room and Magistrates' private Retiring Room. In 1999, the Town Hall's exterior was renovated in a restoration project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
In 2014 further major works were undertaken to replace 2 of the 4 Cotswold stone columns at the front, as well as other stabilisation work, and new glazing was added to convert the Undercroft beneath the Town Hall into useful indoor space. A lift was added, then in 2020 the ceiling of the upper room was opened out to create a pleasant airy display space for the Museum's main collection.
