 It was a very ambitious piece of construction at the time and many people thought the glass roof would fall in once the scaffolding was removed.The stables were occupied by 1806 and the exterior finished in 1808.In 1850 Queen Victoria, who had inherited the estate, sold the Royal Pavilion Estate to the town for £50,000 (some people quote £53,000 but the price was reduced because of the removal of the Chapel Royal from the sale)  and a number of different uses were proposed for the Concert Hall site.