Council Chambers

The Council Chambers is a classical building, likely constructed around 1850, located at the corner of Ramsbottom Lane and Market Place. It is built of ashlar and stands three storeys tall. The façade features six sash windows, with an additional four on the left-hand return front and one on the rounded corner. The corner has a bracketed cornice above the ground floor window and a bracketed pediment above the first floor window. The ground floor windows on either side of the corner are larger, with glazing bars creating three arched lights and a bracketed pediment above. Below the fourth window on the front, there is a depressed-arch vehicular entry. As the ground rises on Market Place, a door with a bracketed cornice replaces a window at the left end on the first floor. The building also has sill bands, quoins, an eaves cornice with a blocking course, and a simplified pediment over the corner. The adjacent Civil Hall, which is linked to the rear, is not included in this listing.