Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Town hall.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- unlit-arch-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, Briggate, HD6 1EA
- OS grid reference
- SE 145 227
- Coordinates
- 53.7014, -1.78168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall, built in 1887 by John Lord, is located in Brighouse. It was the winning design of a competition. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a slate roof. It has two storeys and a symmetrical facade with five bays. The facade includes a plinth, a band, and a cornice balustrade, which supports a large clock set within an open pediment added around 1912. The doorway is framed by an architrave and pilasters, topped with a square lintel and an apron inscribed with 'PUBLIC OFFICES'. The ground floor has plain windows that are set within broad banded pilasters, while the first-floor windows are adorned with a cornice supported by consoles, with the central window featuring a curved pediment.
Inside, the council chamber occupies the first floor and boasts a highly decorative plaster cornice and ceiling. The chairman's chair is complemented by a carved reredos with a canopy above, featuring a pediment and drop finials. The original council benching has been removed to create a meeting room with modern mobile seating.
Local climate
Town Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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