The Town Hall

Town hall, two storeys, the ground floor faced with squared grey limestone in regular courses, with band at first floor level, and first floor stuccoed and lined as ashlar. Close-eaved slate (formerly with central vent). On first floor, four long sash windows, all with painted keystones, three of 40 panes (five panes wide) evenly spaced, and a narrow one of 24 panes (three panes wide) to extreme left. in the centre bays. Slate sills. Ground floor has five round-arched openings linked by an impost-level string course. Cut stone voussoirs. Centre arch is tallest and widest with raised voussoirs, raised imposts, plinths and keystone, late C20 double plate-glass doors and fanlight. Of the flanking arches, all now windows with late C19 or C20 glazing, formerly open market entries. Small pane glazing under fanlights divided in three with small panes, centre light tilting. Spacing is irregular with wide pier between first and second left arches, and also between entrance arch and first to right. First left arch has window over stone infill, chamfered plinth to right jamb (left one obscured). Second arch is taller, the arch head stilted above impost string level, stonework below window original, with plinth. Arches to right are infilled below windows. Attached on first floor, iron plaque with town crest in roundel and text 'Borough Arms fixed in the Jubilee Year 1887 JW Morison Esqre Mayor'. Rear has hipped roofed parallel rear range, with late C20 glazing.

Interior altered in late C20, stairs to left of centre hall up to first floor, altered former market hall to rear. First floor council chamber has late C19 pine dais.