The Assembly Rooms

The Assembly Rooms, built around 1750 on earlier foundations, are now offices on the first floor and a restaurant on the ground floor. The building features a fine Regency elevation from around 1800, which was restored in the late 20th century. The front is made of wood boarding that is incised to imitate masonry, with a shopfront. The side elevation has a ground floor of stone rubble with brick quoins, while the first floor is tile hung. The building has a hipped tiled roof and is two storeys tall with one window. It includes a wooden parapet and a deep modillion eaves cornice. The central wooden Venetian window has intersecting glazing in the central light and is flanked by pilasters. The ground floor features a central curved bow with six half-columns and intersecting tracery in the fanlight. The right side has a half-glazed door, and the left side has a six-panelled door. The basement includes a Diocletian window with a metal grille. Inside, there is a half-winder staircase with column newels and square balusters. This building is almost identical to Tenterden Town Hall, which it predates.