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
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1983
- Type
- Town hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
BRIGHOUSE BRIGGATE SE 1422 NE 6/19 Town Hall G.V. II
Town Hall. 1887. By John Lord (Brighouse) winner of a competition. Ashlar, slate roof. 2 storeys. 5 bay symmetrical facade. Plinth, band, cornice balustrade with large clock set within an open pediment c.1912. Doorway has architrave, pilasters square lintel, apron inscribed 'PUBLIC OFFICES', cornice. Plain windows to ground floor are set within broad banded pilasters. Windows to first floor have cornice supported on consoles, the central of which has curved pediment.
Interior: Council chamber occupies 1st floor has highly decorative plaster cornice and ceiling. Chairmans chair has carved reredos behind with canopy over with pediment and drop finials. The rest of council benching has been removed to form meeting room with modern mobile seating. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse, (Brighouse 1978), p. 40.
Listing NGR: SE1451122794
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