Town Hall
TOWN HALL, BEXLEY SQUARE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386076
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Town Hall
- Statutory Address:
- TOWN HALL, BEXLEY SQUARE
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-10-03
- Reference:
- IOE01/01750/08
- Rights:
- © Mr F. Bryan Basketter. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1386076
- Date first listed:
- 31-Jan-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Town Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWN HALL, BEXLEY SQUARE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- TOWN HALL, BEXLEY SQUARE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Salford (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 82901 98652
Details
SALFORD
SJ8298NE BEXLEY SQUARE 949-1/19/3 (North side) 31/01/52 Town Hall
GV II
Town hall. 1825-7. Richard Lane. Ashlar-faced, rusticated to ground floor, and low pitched roof not visible. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 5-window range. Neo-classical style, with full-height central pedimented section of 3 bays slightly advanced. Central engaged fluted Doric shafts, and outer square pilasters supporting entablature with laurel wreath frieze. Similar pilasters at angles. Central entrance doors with overlight. 2-pane sash window in each bay, the outer ground-floor windows with entablatures carried on console brackets. Brick return elevations with tripartite sash windows in main block, then long range divided 4-3-3-9 bays, of varying heights, but all with stone dressings to sash windows. Central entrance hall with staircases to sides, then central corridor running the length of the building. Floor and dado tiling by Craven Dunnill. Adjoining the original block to the west, an additional range of administrative buildings of c1900 runs parallel to the original range, to which it is linked by a single-storey entrance wing. Brick with stone dressings, and overhanging moulded eaves cornice to Welsh slate roof. 5 bays divided by brick pilasters to courtyard, and pedimented doorway with "Water Office" inscribed in the entablature. 7 bays beyond, with 4 advanced gables with alternately segmental and triangular pediments each with modillion cornice, rusticated brick piers marking angles, and enriched stone architraves to windows. Single-storey cross-wing links to original building, with segmental pediment over doorway. Long return elevation to Ford Street divided as a series of bays by brick pilasters: sash windows with stone architraves, and heavy segmentally-arched doorway in advanced gable with steep open pediment. Symmetrical rear elevation has outer gables with open pediments in front of shallow drum towers linked by part-glazed mansard roof.
Listing NGR: SJ8290198652
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471500
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 16:28:54.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.