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Description: Town Hall

Address: Town Hall Thornton Square Brighouse West Yorkshire HD6 1EA

Grade: II

Group detail: Briggate

Full description:
Town Hall. 1887. By John Lord (Brighouse) winner of a competition. Ashlar, slate roof. 2 storeys. 5 bay symmetrical facade. Plinth, band, cornice balustrade with large clock set within an open pediment c1912. Doorway has architrave, pilasters square lintel, apron inscribed 'PUBLIC OFFICES', cornice. Plain windows to ground floor are set within broad banded pilasters. Windows to first floor have cornice supported on consoles, the central of which has curved pediment. Interior: Council chamber occupies 1st floor has highly decorative plaster cornice and ceiling. Chairmans chair has carved reredos behind with canopy over with pediment and drop finials. The rest of council benching has been removed to form meeting room with modern mobile seating. D. Nortcliffe, Buildings of Brighouse (Brighouse 1978), p.40.