The Pepper Pot

The Pepper Pot is a former Town Hall located on Godalming High Street, dated 1814 and designed by John Perry, with a stair tower added in the 1890s. The building is stuccoed and features a Welsh slate roof. It has two storeys, with the lower storey being open, and is arranged in a three by three bay layout, with the shorter sides canted, creating an elongated octagonal plan.

On the south elevation, there is a projecting central bay. The ground floor features a round-arched arcade supported by rusticated columns on plinths, with imposts and archivolts, and the central arch is larger than the others. The first floor has a band that is broken in the center by a date plaque, and it contains three sash windows with glazing bars set in reveals, each with projecting sills, and the central sill is moulded. The eaves overhang the octagonal roof.

At the center of the building is a two-stage tower that includes a clock, made by Richard Steadman of Godalming, on the lower metalled stage, topped by a Tuscan-columned cupola that houses a bell and has a dome surmounted by a finial.

On the returns, the ground floor arcades feature large central arches, with the left return having an inserted six-panel door and a fanlight with radial glazing bars. The first floors have a central sash window with glazing bars flanked by round-arched recesses. At the rear, all windows are blind, and on the right side, there is an added cantilevered stair tower with a rounded corner, strings, a six-pane window, a cornice, and a flat roof.