As previously reported, campaigners have been worried about the condition of the Old Assembly Rooms on Trinity Street in Weymouth. The building is owned by the Old Rooms Inn, which is operated by Greene King Brewery. The rooms are one of a handful of historic buildings in the town from the seventeenth century.
Campaigners held a protest outside the pub after years of pressuring the pub as they say the building is ‘literally falling down’. The Old Assembly Rooms has fallen into disrepair (Image: Alfie Lumb) After contacting the brewery they provided a comment on behalf of the Old Rooms Inn. It said: “We are taking the concern surrounding the Assembly Rooms very seriously and we’re currently in the process of meeting with campaigners to resolve the situation.
“Our priority is still registering ownership and applying for listed building consent to make the necessary upgrades.” READ MORE: Protest over state of Old Assembly Rooms Campaigner Mark Vine, from the Dig The Street pressure group, said: “Our hopes are that they tell us they will make good all of the repairs that need doing and have needed doing for many years now in order to stop any further degradation of this beautiful old Weymouth building. The Old Assembly Rooms are connected to the Old Rooms Inn (Image: Google Maps) Mr Vine continued to say that the legal aspect of ownership needs discussing.
He said: "It's a complete mystery to us how the ownership ended up the way it has, but surely, if they want to get full ownership of it, then it is in their interests to make sure the building doesn't fall into even worse repair over the coming Autumn and winter months of bad weather. Mark Vine, who is campaigning for the repair of the Old Assembly Rooms (Image: Alfie Lumb) "You won't hear any moans from us if they just went in there and did the necessary repairs. "Our one and only concern is that the building is put right.
To be protected against the oncoming winter's bad weather and that the repairs to the roof and under the roof, inside, are done as soon as possible. Protest outside the Old Assembly Rooms (Image: Claire Vines) Mr Vine added that he has heard 'some absolute horror stories' from people who have visited the site, including leaks in the roof bringing down the ceilings and damp all over the building. He said: "It just shouldn't be allowed to happen.
“There is till a lot of resentment amongst Weymouth people about the way we lost the Tudor Mansion in the old High Street in the 1960s. Let's not lose another precious town asset from around the same period.".
