Llangollen Town Hall, originally the Assembly Rooms and Market Hall,^[1] is a municipal building in Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. It is the meeting place of Llangollen Town Council, and a Grade II listed buildingStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection..^[2]

Completed in 1867, the building was designed by Lloyd Williams and Underwood in the Gothic Revival style,^[2] and built by Morris Roberts. The market hall on the ground floor was originally open to the street, but the arches were later filled in to make the present-day shops.^[1]

Architecture

The design consists of an asymmetrical main frontage with six bays facing onto Castle Street; the left-hand bay featured an arched entrance with a square-headed doorway and an oculusRound window in a wall, or an opening in the top of a dome. in the tympanumArea above the lintel of a dorway or the base of a pediment, often richly decorated.. There was an arched recess containing a pair of cusped lancet windowsTall, narrow window typically associated with the Gothic architectural style., a clock on the first floor, and a gable above. The main hall section, formed by the five bays to the right, featured arched openings with linked voussoirsWedge-shaped stone or brick that in combination with others forms an arch. on the ground floor and mullioned windows with quatrefoils and voussoirs on the first floor. At roof level, there was a bellcoteShelter containing one or more bells. with a pyramid-shaped roof above the left-hand bay. Internally, the principal rooms were a market hall on the ground floor and an assembly room on the first floor.^[2]

Present-day

Ownership of the town hall was transferred from Denbighshire County Council to Llangollen Town Council in 2012. It now houses the town clerk’s office and the council chamber, with a small theatre space in the upper floor.^[1]