Town Hall (Including Public Library)

1. 5111 STATION ROAD Ilkley LS29 8HB ---------------- Town Hall (including Public Library) SE 1147 1/52 II 2. 1906-8 by W Bakewell. Of mixed style, chiefly Franco-Flemish classical. Tripartite central section recessed behind flanking blocks. 2 storeys. Ashlar with mainly mullioned windows. Steep, hipped slate roofs. Almost symmetrical. Mid part of central section: entrance recessed within Ionic columns and pediment, with transomed window either side; upper storey has 3-light oriel, with window either side of 4 lights divided by miniature piers, and cartouche in recessed panel over. Pyramidical roof. Central ridge clock-turret with louvred upper stage. 3-storey turret with lead ogee cap either side of mid part and beyond these single bays of thermal windows below and oriels of slight projection above. Right-hand projecting end block is slightly wider than left and has recessed central doorway. Both have 3-light pair of flanking windows below, and above have large 3-light window rising through a moulded cornice to form lunettes under moulded arches above, flanked by pair full-length carved figures and pair of roundels beyond these. Tripartite roofs with central pyramidical section crowned by tall finial.

Listing NGR: SE1185047569