Old Town Hall

The Old Town Hall, later a library and now a museum, was built in 1826. It is constructed of ashlar stone with a slate roof. The main front, facing St George’s Street, has three bays and features pilasters dividing the bays, with panelled sections in the upper areas and a central pediment. A heavily rusticated panel surrounds the main 6-panelled entrance door, topped with a modillion cornice. The ground floor has 12-pane windows, with a similar window in each outer bay. Above the doorway is a shallow segmental tripartite sash window. The return front on All Saints Street has five bays, with a symmetrical three-bay section emphasizing the full-height pilasters and panelled upper sections. A portico with coupled Tuscan piers provides the present main entrance, topped with a shallow pediment and flanked by 12-pane sash windows. A secondary doorway is located in the wing to the left, with a blind window to its right and another 12-pane sash window to the left. Upper windows are 8-pane sashes. The interior remains uninspected. The building served as the town hall before the borough's incorporation and was subsequently used for magisterial and police business until 1874. It was converted to a library in 1879.