The History
There have been various uses of this site through history but notably in the late 18th century John Nash was employed to design the new Market Place (John Nash later became famous as George IV’s own architect and for building Brighton Pavilion, The Haymarket Theatre and Regent Street in London), the basic design being an open market place in the centre with surrounding covered buildings for permanent stalls. This was opened in April 1796.
By mid-Victorian times however, due to expansion and the popularity of the market in Abergavenny the Market Place was no longer sufficient, and so a new Town Hall and Market Hall were built and opened in 1870. The clock tower was built at the same time and the clock faces were donated by Crawshaw Bailey. Note that the east, south and west faces are all white and the north face is black, probably in commemoration of Prince Albert who died in 1861.
The town hall during the 2012 Olympic Torch relay
The Cache
The cache is designed as a fairly easy cache - you will have to be somewhat stealthy though if you visit during the daytime - but that's part of the fun (isn't it?!) Please try to be discreet.
I have tried to make this wheelchair accessible but it depends on how cachers replace it so have marked the terrain as 1.5 rather than 1 for that reason.
Well done to the Canalcruisers for their quick First to Find.