Rothwell Market House

Rothwell Market House is a market house built in 1578, designed by William Grumbold for Sir Thomas Tresham. It was completed for use as Council Chambers and a Library in 1895 by J A Gotch and underwent restoration in 1913. The building is constructed of limestone ashlar with a lead roof and features a chamfered plinth, a moulded sill band, a first-floor band with a Latin inscription, and a parapet adorned with a frieze of shields. It has pilasters in two orders, decorated with trefoils and heraldic devices, and a single side wall stack.

The structure is two storeys tall, with the ground floor originally open. It has a rectangular plan, featuring a two-storey projecting square bay in the center of each side and a round stair turret at the southeast corner. The north front includes a central doorway with a fanlight, above which is a tablet inscribed 'Urban Council Chamber', and a clock. On either side of the doorway are round-headed openings with 20th-century three-light wood mullioned and transomed windows, and above them are two 16th-century four-light mullioned leaded casements.

The south side mirrors this design, with a blocked doorway featuring a crest above it and a blank lozenge. It also has round-headed openings, one of which is blocked and the other glazed, along with a four-light and a three-light mullioned window above. The stair turret features a three-light and a two-light mullioned window above it.

On the east side, there is a round-headed opening to the right with a part-glazed 20th-century infilling panel and a four-centred arched door, topped by a four-light mullioned window. The west side has a central round-headed opening with a three-light mullioned and transomed window, above which is a square blank panel, and a four-light mullioned window above that.