Town Hall, High Street, Prestonpans

Peter Whitecross, 1896. Subdued Renaissance large gabled structure in squared and snecked red sandstone, hammer-faced, with eaves course, skews, quoins, rybats and mullions smooth-dressed and chamfered. Lower outshot to rear.

N (FRONT) ELEVATION: quasi-symmetrical, essentially 3-bay. Door off- centre, 6-panelled, 2-leaf with blocked fanlight, moulded architrave with carved frieze, cornice and rounded carved pediment. Flanked to E by tall window with cornice, to W by small window and tall window, both with cornices. Upper level with central corniced tripartite window, stone mullions, and small central pediment.

E ELEVATION: essentially 7-bay. Main hall with 4 tall windows equally spaced, outer right bay with carved, pedimented datestone. Lower rear section with door, plain with bipartite fanlight, flanked to N by tripartite window.

Windows small-pane and top-opening, 15-panes to tall windows, mostly 6-pane to smaller.

Roof to lower rear section piended. Main roof in graded grey slate, decorative clay ridge tiles, skews. Front gable with moulded skewputts with ball finials, pedimented finial block to apex.

Rear gable with small stack, projecting cope with 2 plain cans. Decorative rainwater hoppers.