Glossop Town Hall

Glossop Town Hall
Glossop Town Hall from Norfolk Square
General information
Classification
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	4 December 1958
Reference no.	1384269
Town or city	Glossop
Country	England
Coordinates	53°26′35″N 1°56′59″W / 53.443169°N 1.949726°W / 53.443169; -1.949726
Completed	1923
Opened	1838
Cost	£8,500[1]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Matthew Ellison Hadfield

Glossop Town Hall, Market Hall, and Municipal Buildings is a complex in the centre of Glossop, Derbyshire, providing offices for High Peak Borough Council, a retail arcade, and covered market. The Town Hall was constructed in 1838 and significantly extended and altered in 1845, 1897 and 1923. The Town Hall building was designed by Weightman and Hadfield of Sheffield for the 12th Duke of Norfolk. It is constructed from millstone grit ashlar and topped with a distinctive circular cupola and clock. It is Grade II listed, forming a group with the market and Municipal Buildings to the south, and rows of shops to High Street West either side which were also part of Hadfield's design,^[2] and which marked the transition of Howard Town from a satellite industrial village to a freestanding urban entity.

It lies in the Norfolk Square Conservation Area which includes a number of other listed buildings around the square. The main elevation, intact with many surviving architectural details, forms an important part of the composition of the historic Norfolk Square. A blue plaque was erected by Glossop Heritage Trust in 2015 to commemorate its architect Matthew Ellison Hadfield and his contribution to the area.