Guildhall

The Guildhall, formerly the Town Hall, was built in 1825 and serves as a successor to a guildhall that existed from 1725 to 1825. This Greek Doric stone building is almost cube-shaped and features four symmetrical elevations, showcasing a typical English Renaissance design. The structure has a tall room above an open arcaded ground floor, which is now enclosed.

The front (south) elevation consists of 1.3.1 bays and includes a blocking course above a Doric cornice, with omutile boxes, a continuous frieze without triglyphs, and a continuous guttee below a tenia. The plain architrave features circular decorations above the columns, and the central pediment encloses a circular opening that contains a clock. Four fluted Doric columns, three-quarters attached, stand on the projected centrepiece, with the wings terminating in parallel-sided pilasters. A continuous base moulding runs along the bottom. The first floor band continues into the keystones, while the rusticated ground floor has four bands above an impost band, followed by five bands above a granite plinth. The upper floor features sash windows set in reveals, while the ground floor openings have a later half-glazed filling.

The north elevation is simpler at the top and includes fanlights within the arcade, with the central three bays of the ground floor projecting forward, featuring a pediment and central entrance. The side elevations (east and west) are identical, each consisting of five bays with a regular pilaster treatment on the upper floor. The building has a low-pitched hipped slate roof that is not visible.

Inside, the entrance on the north side leads to a lobby, with staircases on each side that ascend through an apse with two niches to an upper lobby, from which a single flight of stairs leads to the upper hall. There was once a central clock tower.