Town Hall, 2 Cromwell Street, Stornoway, Lewis

The Town Hall, located at 2 Cromwell Street in Stornoway, Lewis, was built in 1905 by John Robertson of Inverness and was rebuilt in 1928 after a fire in 1918. This large two-storey municipal building features a three-part ornamented and symmetrical street elevation in a Free Gothic or transitional style. It is constructed of imported rock-faced brown ashlar stone with contrasting yellow dressings, and has slated roofs that are partly concealed by parapets. The building is topped with tall, conical roofs and finials over turreted corved corner bays.

The windows are primarily mullioned and/or transomed, with T-shaped or cross-shaped divides and plate glass glazing, showcasing mostly square and depressed-arched openings throughout. A decorative clock turret above the halls range at the rear adds interest to the roofline. The main facade facing South Beach is particularly detailed, featuring sculptural elements at the first floor, including empty canopied niches below paired wall-head diamond flues, ogee moulding, and crocketted finials above the windows. The central entrance is flanked by turreted bays and has a balcony above, while the Cromwell Street elevation presents a near-symmetrical neo-Jacobean design for the central entrance bay.