Town Hall and attached front railings

House built in the early C19, converted to the Town Hall and Museum in the late C20.

MATERIALS: the building is constructed of red brick laid in Flemish bond with a slate roof.

PLAN: the building faces east onto London Street. It has an approximately rectangular plan with a rear extension. A larger extension was added to the west around 2003.

EXTERIOR: the two-storey building, with dormer attic, is three window bays wide under a gabled roof. The window bays project forward slightly. There is one stack on the rear roof slope to the left and one stack on the front roof slope to the right. Three flat-topped dormers are fitted with two-over-two pane horned sashes. To the first floor are three four-over-four pane horned sash windows with gauged skewback arches. Two large two-over-two pane horned sash windows which are under arched heads with painted arched hoods sit on either side of the main entrance. Central to the building is a six-panelled door behind a Greek Doric doorcase consisting of two columns and two pilasters supporting an entablature.

INTERIOR: the Council Chamber, formerly the dining room, has two fluted Greek Doric columns at the south end, moulded cornices and a late C19 marble chimneypiece. The entrance hall has a late C19 stick-baluster staircase with panelled newel posts.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: there are circular-section wrought-iron railings to the street.