Town Hall

The Town Hall is constructed of brick and mortar with an English Garden wall. The ground floor of this building is cladded in sandstone. This is a building of two halves, with the northern part being the elder. The south elevation there is a large double entrance on the left hand side that spans the ground and first floor. Either side of the door are two Doric sandstone columns mounted by an arched sandstone moulding that encases an arched window.

The window has a gothic tracery pattern. The ground floor has four vertical multi-pane arched sash windows, with stone sills and arched stone lintels with a keystone. Both the first and second floor have four vertical sash windows with stone sills with cambered soldier arches on end to the first floor and soldier arches on edge to the second floor.

The town crest is depicted on the second floor level directly above the entrance. To the east elevation there are seven arched vertical sash windows of various sizes on the ground floor. They all have arched stone lintels with a keystone and stone sills. There is also a double entrance that is located centrally. To the left hand side of the first and second floor there are five vertical sash windows with stone sills with cambered soldier arches on end to the first floor and soldier arches on edge to the second floor.

The right hand side has a palladion window that belongs to a room of double height. This window has stone sills and cambered brick lintels. Above this runs a rendered string course that runs along the north elevation and west to a corresponding point. This denotes an earlier roof height of this section of the town hall which is believed to date from an earlier period. The north elevation has only two floors.

To the ground floor there is a double entrance located centrally. There are four arched vertical sash windows, two either side of the entrance. They all have stone sills and arched stone lintels with a keystone. The first floor has five tall double hinged windows with a semi-circular window of stained glass above. These windows have stone sills and semi-circular segmental brick arched lintels. This side of the building lies approximately 1m below the current street level and is accessed by a ramp. This ramp is surrounded by a wrought iron railing. The west elevation has five arched vertical sash windows of various sizes on the ground floor. They all have arched stone lintels with a keystone and stone sills.

On the right hand side there is a single entrance with a surrounding square moulding with keystone, capped by an arched pediment. The first floor and above of this elevation mirror that of the east. To the right hand side of the first and second floor there are five vertical sash windows with stone sills with cambered soldier arches on end to the first floor and soldier arches on edge to the second floor.

The left hand side has a palladion window with a central vertical sash that belongs to a room of double height. This window has stone sills and cambered brick lintels. There is a hipped roof with pantiles. There are four brick chimneys, all rectangular with the longer sides facing north and south. The north west chimney has seven pots, the north east six, the south west four and the south east four. There is a central square clock tower, with a clock face on the north and south elevation, To the west and east elevation there is a circular window.

The tower is built of brick and mortar with a architrave. Upon the architrave there are ionic columns supporting another architrave and a spire. Bracketed to the north east corner of the tower is a flag pole. All pipes are metal. There are various plaques on the building. There are two slate plaques on the south elevation commemorating royal visits. There is one plaque to the east elevation commemorating the proposal to construct the Stockton – Darlington railway. To the west elevation there is a plaque commemorating the renovation of the Town Hall in 1985 on the 250th anniversary of the original construction.