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The Old Town Hall is a municipal building in Pwllheli, a town in Wales.
The building was originally constructed in about 1730, as a guildhall. In 1820, it was reconstructed as a market hall, with an arcade on the ground floor, a gaol in the basement, and a council chamber on the upper floor. It was remodelled in 1836, and in about 1880 a clock tower was added. The future Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, gave a speech to local farmers in this building in 1884. However, by the turn of the century it was deemed too small and civic officials decided to commission a new structure on the north side of Penlan Street. In 1902, the council moved to the new Neuadd Dwyfor nearby, and sold the old town hall to the Pwllheli Liberal Club. The building was grade II listed in 1949. The town council later moved back to the Old Town Hall.
The two-storey building is four bays wide, with its gable end facing Market Square. It is built of stone, with brick chimneys and a slate roof. The first floor has 12-pane sash windows, and there is a ventilator to the attic. The ground floor was formerly open, now closed by a glazed screen. It has paired semicircular arches, on the longer facade flanked by smaller arches. There is an octagonal clocktower with a belfry. Inside, there are octagonal piers, which are said to have originally been ships' masts.
References
- ^ Cadw. "Old Town Hall (4562)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- "Old Town Hall, Pwllheli". History Points. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- Hattersley, Roy (2010). David Lloyd George The Great Outsider. Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-7481-1785-7.
- "Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli". History Points. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- Tenders. Vol. 79. The Building News and Engineering Journal. 28 September 1900.
Pwllheli – Town and Market Hall, Penlan Street, Town Council Evan R. Davies, Town Clerk, 6 Church Place, Pwllheli
- ^ "Old Town Hall, Pwllheli". History Points. Retrieved 21 December 2024.