 Chudleigh 's town hall was completed in 1895 , and opened during a public event on 11 April that year . It was funded by public subscription and built local builder Davis Brothers on donated land . It was built as a 46 by 26 feet ( 14 @.@ 0 by 7 @.@ 9 m ) weather board building set on stone foundations , with a corrugated iron roof . There was a near tragedy in the hall in late 1922 when a generator caught fire while the hall was being used by 300 people . The inwards opening doors and lack of a fire door were cited as significant problems . Chudleigh had a post office from 1865 . Around 1899 it was moved to a new building though it has since been closed and the building sold as a private home . Chudleigh had a registered maternity hospital in the early 20th century . For some time the town had an Australian rules football club . It closed in the 1930s , reformed in 1939 , then finally closed in the 1980s . Telegraph communication followed construction of the railway line in the late 19th century . The first telephones were installed in Chudleigh homes in the 1930s , and mains electricity in the 1940s . 
