Pontefract Town Hall


For the town hall replaced by Pontefract Town Hall see :Old Town Hall, Pontefract
Pontefract Town Hall is a town hall in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was completed in 1882. It is now owned and used by Wakefield District Council as a registry office.

History

The winning design for the new town hall was selected following a competition for which there were 59 entries submitted. The town hall was designed by Henry Perkin and George Bertram Bulmer of Leeds and completed in 1882. The building has been Grade II listed since 15 November 1988. The hall replaced Old Town Hall which stands adjacent. The new building was the local seat of Government for Pontefract Urban District Council until Wakefield Metropolitan District Council was formed under the Local Government Act 1972.

Architectural style

Exterior

The building is of red brick in Flemish bond dressed with ashlar sandstone and a steeply-pitched Welsh slate roof and is Jacobean in style. The Bridge Street facade has one bay and a leaved pannelled door situated below a fanlight under a round-arched protal with datestone.

Interior

There is a central entrance hall with staircase leading up to the first floor which has a galleried assembley rooom.