The Plough Arts Centre
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and art gallery
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in Torrington
Great Torrington
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, north Devon
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The Plough is situated in a former Territorial Army drill hall on Fore Street in the centre of Torrington
Great Torrington
Great Torrington is a small market town in the north of Devon, England. Parts of it are sited on high ground with steep drops down to the River Torridge below...
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The Plough was founded in 1975. The venue was named "The Plough" after a public house
Public house
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which had stood on the site during the nineteenth century.
In 1991 financial problems threatened The Plough with closure: it was saved through a merger with the nearby Beaford Centre
Beaford Centre
The Beaford Centre is an arts centre located in Beaford, a small village in north Devon, England.For ten years from 1992 the Beaford Centre ran The Plough arts centre in Torrington. Since 2002, however, they have been independent organisations....
. Beaford withdrew in 2002, and The Plough is now again independent.