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In 1945, the building was transferred to a specially formed entity, the
Wadebridge Town Trust. It had significantly deteriorated by that time and, in the early 1960s, the local parish council commissioned an extensive programme of refurbishment works at a cost of £20,500. The building was re-opened
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in 1898. However, successive local authorities, including
Wadebridge Rural District Council and Wadebridge and Padstow Rural District Council preferred to operate from dedicated council offices. A Roll of Honour, intended to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the
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donated a large stained glass window for installation in the building shortly before he died in July 1930.
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stone and was officially opened by Sir Paul
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