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Assembly Rooms of Glastonbury OR Glastonbury Assembly Rooms

Assembly rooms architecture

History

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1864 - built

Dimensions = Golden Section

1920s rural arts festival

postWWII sheepskin warehouse - Morlands

1970s/1980s squatted, bought by County Council [[Somerset County Council

1991 ‘The Assembly Rooms of Glastonbury Limited’ was formed under Industrial and Provident Society rules

2012 [[Arts Council England|Arts Council funding

By the 1970s, the building was not in use and in a bad state. In June 1973, it was [[squatted in order to provide accomodation for the large numbers of hippies arriving in the town. It became known as the Avalon Squat.[1]

Current uses

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See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ Garrard 2014, p. 31.

References

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  • Garrard, Bruce (2014), Free State: Glastonbury's Alternative Community 1970 to 2000 and beyond (Second ed.), Glastonbury: Unique, ISBN 9780956854629
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