Town Hall

The Town Hall, originally a house, was built in 1770 by architects Fleming and Hird and later adapted for civic use. It features a design that appears to be from the early 19th century, with a parapet likely added in the late 19th century. The building is cement-rendered with a rectangular double-depth plan and has two storeys and cellars.

The symmetrical front has five bays, with the central three bays projecting forward. It includes a plinth and a band-rusticated ground floor. A central stone porch, which is single-storey, has a 20th-century panelled door with a fanlight, flanked by Ionic columns. The porch features a pulvinated frieze, a modillioned cornice, and a blocking course. The flanking bays contain unequal 20-pane sash windows. Above, the first floor has a band beneath five windows, all with projecting sills, sash windows with glazing bars, and consoled cornices. The building has a plain ashlar frieze and cornice, with an added ashlar parapet that includes stylised motifs in recessed panels.

At the rear, there are four bays, with the central two bays breaking forward. The outer bays feature single-storey canted bays with pierced balustrades and a modillioned cornice.

Inside, most rooms have been subdivided. The entrance hall contains two Ionic columns and a stone staircase to the right, which has a cast-iron balustrade. There is a niche at the stair landing and an ornate ceiling in the stairwell with an acanthus motif as the central feature. There are 20th-century additions to the right return that are not of special interest.