Castlepollard Town Hall — The Square

Detached three-bay two-storey former market house and courthouse, built c.1815. Burned c.1921 and rebuilt c.1926 with a single-bay single-storey flat-roofed entrance porch added to the north elevation. Later in use as a town hall, fire station and library. Refurbished externally, c.1975. Shallow projecting square-headed carriage arch to the centre of the east-facing elevation, formerly giving access to fire station. Hipped natural slate roof with red clay ridge tiles, a single rendered chimneystack to the southeast corner and with a moulded eaves course. Smooth rendered finish to the north elevation having a moulded string course at first floor level (running around head of projecting porch) and with a date plaque on rectilinear-plan to the centre at first floor level having ‘Town Hall A.D. 1926’ in raised lettering. Channelled rendered pilasters to either end (east and west) of projecting porch. Pebbledashed rendered walls to the east, west and south elevations over smooth rendered plinth. Raised rendered block quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings having one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows to the north façade and timber casement windows elsewhere. Round-headed doorcase to projecting porch having timber double-doors and a plain overlight above. Round-headed doorway to the south elevation at first floor level, formerly giving access to court room at first floor level, having a timber door and plain overlight. Partially cantilevered cut stone doorcase to the south elevation, flanked to either side by wrought-iron railings, gives access to court room door at first floor level. Tongue-and-groove timber panelling to walls of court room with a judge’s room to the north end. Located in a very prominent position to the west side of The Square, Castlepollard.