Town Hall

The Town Hall, located on the west side of Market Place, was originally built in 1731, with a clock tower added by Mr. Bell in 1767 and corner spires designed by Mr. George Hastings in 1771. This two-storey building features five bays and is constructed of ashlar stone with rusticated quoins. There is a band course leading to a high parapet, and steps lead up to a boxed porch on the first floor to the right. The hipped slate roof has the clock tower positioned behind the ridge.

On the first floor, there are larger glazing bar sash windows with moulded architraves, while the ground floor has smaller glazing bar sash windows. A 20th-century shop front with a recessed doorway is located to the left. A boldly rusticated central archway serves as a through passage. Above the central first-floor window, there is a memorial tablet that reads: "This Town House of the Burgesses of Alnwick rebuilt in the year of Our Lord 1731 by Edward Grey, Richard Grieve, William Forster, Robert Claxton: Chamberlains."

To the left of the building, there is a lead rainwater pipe head with a fluted cap, and the box features a depiction of St. Michael and the Dragon on three faces, along with the names Stother, Forster, Gibson, Hardy, and the date 1790, possibly indicating roof repairs. The Fenkle Street front slightly projects forward at the tower bay, which has three stages, each separated by a band course. Each stage has an open pediment and parapet, capped by a small pointed cupola with a weathervane and corner pinnacles. The clock on each face has louvred openings below, with the original clock having been removed to Pottergate Tower in 1772. There is a round-headed window at the top of the third stage and a smaller one at the base of the second stage, both with raised surrounds. The boldly rusticated archway at the base of the through passage is complemented by two glazing bar sash windows on each side of the tower, a doorway to the right with a raised surround, and a similar doorway to the left that has been converted into a window.