Town Hall

The Town Hall, now known as Wincanton Day Centre, was built in 1878 by W. J. Willcox of Bath. It is constructed of red brick with ashlar stone dressings and features a hipped plain clay tile roof. This building is a 19th-century interpretation of the style of Nathaniel Ireson.

The east facade is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a clock tower located at the northeast corner. It has a plinth and a rusticated stone base, a band course, and a cornice supported by console brackets. The first bay contains two small semi-circular openings with doorways and fanlights, while the second and third bays feature wider arched openings with Gibbsian surrounds and triple keystones. Above these openings are plain sash windows with rusticated architraves and quintruple keystones.

The clock tower matches the main building and includes a dentilled string course above the ground floor doorway, a narrow sash window with an architrave and triple keystone above that, and a plinth displaying the inscription 'rebuilt anno domini 1878'. It also has a simple window beneath the clock face, a steep tiled roof, and a weathervane. The short north return of the tower is designed to match the rest of the structure.

Historically, the first town hall was destroyed by a mob in 1767 and replaced in 1769, the year Nathaniel Ireson died. The second town hall was destroyed by fire in 1877, and during the rebuilding, the road was widened by 2.5 metres. An open market in the undercroft was enclosed in 1893 after a Market Hall was constructed. The Town Hall holds significant visual importance in the heart of the town.