People'S Hall

People's Hall is a building that dates back to 1750 and was originally two houses, now serving as a club and shop. It underwent conversion and alterations in 1854 for George Gill. The structure is made of red brick, partly rendered, with painted ashlar dressings and slate roofs.

The main building on the right features quoins, a rendered plinth, and a parapet, along with a first-floor sill band and an eaves band. It stands three storeys high with a five-window range, displaying regular fenestration of mid-19th century plain sashes that have wedge lintels and double keystones. The central doorcase is heavily rusticated, featuring a double keystone and a pediment, with panelled double doors. The right return has three gables, one of which has been rebuilt, and includes a round-arched doorway with a fielded six-panel door and a fanlight. A rainwater head on the building is dated 1750.

To the left, the lower building has a rendered ground floor and a second-floor sill band. It is also three storeys high with a five-window range of 19th-century plain sashes that have stone lintels. Above this, there are five similar sashes with wedge lintels and double keystones, topped by a double hipped clerestory roof. The ground floor features a 20th-century door to the left and four glazing bar sashes to the right.

Inside, the hall boasts a high-quality open well staircase from the mid-18th century, which has triple turned and twisted balusters, a cut string, and a ramped scrolled handrail. The interior includes panelled wainscot, wall panels on the landing, and a modillion cornice with an octagonal panel on the ceiling. There are three original six-panel doors with pedimented doorcases. On the half-landing, a French window with sidelights is present. The ground floor has two rooms that were combined around 1870, featuring three walls with 18th-century fielded and enriched panelling, a frieze, a modillion cornice, and a painted wooden fireplace with a cornice and a pedimented overmantel. The first floor has a similar room with three original panelled walls and two fielded panelled doors with enriched friezes and cornices, as well as a carved wooden fireplace and overmantel with a broken pediment and enrichments. An adjoining room from the mid-19th century has a queen post truss roof with a hipped clerestory.