Listed Building: Town Hall (20/61)

Town hall. 1809. Squared coursed limestone with ashlar façade and slate roof. Rectangular plan with ancillary offices at ground floor and council chamber at first floor. Symmetrical main front: 3-window range. Centre bay breaks forward slightly with pediment over. Central, first floor, Venetian style sash window with glazing bars and gauged stone heads with keyblocks. Two 6-panel doors to far left and right are under similar heads and have fanlights with glazing bars. Raised string course between floors. Shallow gabled roof behind parapet wall. Pediment has ball finial and oval plaque with Borough insignia. Elevations to left and right each of 2-window range to ground and first floor with some sash windows with glazing bars under wood lintels, and some blank openings. Rear elevation of 2-window range, at first floor, of sash windows, and 3-window range of C20 casements at ground floor. Interior: council chamber ceiling has central plaster moulding and branch chandelier. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.259).

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