Old Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. Town hall. 2 related planning applications.
Old Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- odd-postern-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Darlington
- Constituency
- Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Old Town Hall, Horsemarket, DL1 5RP
- OS grid reference
- NZ 288 144
- Coordinates
- 54.52437, -1.55525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Town Hall, built in 1863-1864 by Alfred Waterhouse, is located adjacent to the Market Building at the south end of Horsemarket. This building features two storeys and an attic, with five windows. It is constructed from pale yellowish brick with stone dressings and diagonal brick eaves cornices. The roof is very high-pitched and slated, featuring end chimneys and tall, spiky dormers. The windows are mullioned and transomed. The central entrance is pointed arched and located below a canted bay projection, which has a tall, half-octagonal hipped roof and a cast iron ornamental balcony supported by heavy stone brackets, similar to those on the tower. The entire ground floor slightly projects under a pent roof. There is also a single-storey east extension that matches the style of the main building.
Local climate
Old Town Hall receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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