Former Town Hall, National Westminster Bank and shops

The former Town Hall, National Westminster Bank, and shops, built in 1883 by Absalom M Wood, is located on the east side of High Street in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. This building is designed in a Neo-Renaissance style and features an ashlar façade with plain tiled roofs adorned with ridge cresting.

The main structure is two storeys high and consists of five bays, with the central bay protruding. The ground floor is channelled ashlar, featuring shallow arches above the shop fronts, some of which have been altered. There is a central doorway with paired console brackets supporting a balcony above. The upper section is divided by brick pilasters, and the windows are fitted with stone moulded mullions and transoms, topped with round-arched heads. Decorative elements include terracotta balustrading and a frieze, with stone pediments over the outer bays supported by heavy console brackets. The entablature bears the inscription: "Peace, Happiness, Truth, Justice AD MDCCCLXXXV". The central bay is topped with a raised double pediment, which is supported by Mannerist urn-like pilasters and features a higher segmental pediment. The recessed outer sections contain two bays with paired lights in the ashlar lower storey and oriel bay windows above, embellished with foliate swags and steep pediments showcasing Mannerist decoration. The building is capped with a brick parapet eaves cornice that has stone dressings, and similar decorative detailing extends around the return to Butterfield Place.

Inside, the building features a central single flight and two flight return stone staircase with a three-light boarded window. The central hall is adorned with fluted pilasters that have composite capitals, and there are east and west galleries with elaborate iron balustrades. The former courtroom and council chamber still retain their original plaster ceilings and doorcases.

Historically, this building served as the Town Hall of Tunstall, which was one of the six towns that united in 1910 to create the city of Stoke-on-Trent.