Town Hall, High Street, Prestonpans

The Town Hall in High Street, Prestonpans, was designed by Peter Whitecross in 1896. This large building features a subdued Renaissance style, constructed from squared and snecked red sandstone with a hammer-faced finish. The eaves course, skews, quoins, rybats, and mullions are all smooth-dressed and chamfered. There is a lower outshot at the rear.

The north (front) elevation is quasi-symmetrical and consists of three bays. The off-centre entrance is a six-panelled, two-leaf door with a blocked fanlight, framed by a moulded architrave that includes a carved frieze, cornice, and rounded carved pediment. To the east of the door is a tall window with a cornice, while to the west are a small window and another tall window, both also featuring cornices. The upper level has a central corniced tripartite window with stone mullions and a small central pediment.

The east elevation has seven bays. The main hall is marked by four tall windows that are evenly spaced. The outer right bay features a carved datestone with a pediment. The lower rear section includes a plain door with a bipartite fanlight, next to a tripartite window on the north side.

The windows are small-pane and top-opening, with 15 panes in the tall windows and mostly six panes in the smaller ones. The roof of the lower rear section is piended, while the main roof is covered in graded grey slate and topped with decorative clay ridge tiles and skews. The front gable has moulded skewputts with ball finials and a pedimented finial block at the apex. The rear gable features a small stack and a projecting cope with two plain cans, along with decorative rainwater hoppers.