Thirsk and Sowerby Town Hall

The first municipal building in Thirsk was a medieval tollbooth in the Market Place; it was used as a venue for the collection of market rents as well as a meeting place but, having become dilapidated, it was demolished in 1838. In the early-20th century, a group of local businessmen decided to form a company to raise funds for the erection of a combined town hall and constitutional club in the town: the site they selected was vacant land on the south side of Westgate. The new building was designed by Walter Brierley in the neoclassical style, built in red and buff bricks with stone dressings and was officially opened on 16 July 1913. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with…