Arundel Tower

The first town hall in Arundel was located in the middle of High Street near the junction with Tarrant Street and dated back at least to the mid-16th century. After it became dilapidated, it was demolished in around 1741. facilitated an arrangement whereby Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk would commission a new town hall for the borough in return for the borough giving up its interest in the Fitzalan Chapel, which formed the chancel of the Church of St Nicholas in the western grounds of Arundel Castle. In the mid-19th century, the town hall was occasionally used as a theatre and actors who performed there included the Shakespearean player, Ira Aldridge, in January 1847. Then, in 1861,…