Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Town hall. 8 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- frozen-garret-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, Regent Circus, South Swindon, SN1 1QF
- OS grid reference
- SU 152 844
- Coordinates
- 51.55861, -1.78172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town Hall, now serving as a library and community arts centre, was originally known as the "New Swindon Local Board Offices." Built between 1890 and 1891 by Brightwen Binyon of Ipswich, it was constructed as a new public offices building for the New Town. The structure is made of red brick, featuring stone string courses and a slate roof. It has two storeys with attics and consists of nine bays, with gables over the two end bays.
The main entrance is located in the third bay, beneath a 24-meter clock tower, and is marked by a heavy Portland stone round-headed arch that leads up five steps, supported by paired fluted brackets that carry a balustrade. Stone cross windows are present in the end bays, each with a moulded brick panel and a triangular brick pediment. A second entrance is found in the seventh bay, featuring a round arch flanked by pilasters and a pediment, which connects to a nine-light window above. There is a panel in the right gable, and an octagonal arcaded roof louvre sits over the seventh bay, topped with a spirelet and a wrought iron finial. The clock tower displays a gabled and bracketed clock face on all four sides, with a cornice above that supports a square raised dome of lead, which has a crowning louvre similar to that on the seventh bay. The entrance on the side elevation mirrors the main entrance.
Inside, the hall features granite columns and an open well stair with an iron balustrade. There is also a four-bay theatre with a panelled barrel vault and a balcony.
Local climate
Town Hall receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
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