Broughton Town Offices Duke Street Lower Broughton

BROUGHTON (MANCHESTER). It has been resolved to erect new town offices for the Broughton township. A site is to be purchased in Duke-street, with a frontage of 15 yards, 7 yards back from the street. The ground plan of the building includes entrance hall 12 feet wide; a committee room 13 feet 9 inches by 20 feet; overseers’ office, 13 feet nine inches by 10 feet 3 inches; ante-room  to committee room 8 feet 6 inches by 11 feet 6 inches; surveyors’ office 8 feet 6 inches by 11 feet 6 inches; grand staircase 15 feet 6 inches in width; also a sitting room, kitchen and bedroom for a porter. The committee room and overseers’ office are in the front, and the surveyors’ office and the porter’s room at the back. On the first floor to the front there is a large public room the entire width of the front and 20 feet in depth, for holding meetings of ratepayers in, and there are two ante-rooms behind, 11 feet 6 inches by 15 feet 6 inches, having communication with the large room. The rooms on the basement are 13 feet and those up-stairs 15 feet in height. The erection is to be two storeys high, built of brick with stone facings. The windows are to have stone architraves and cills resting on a neat moulded base, and the windows for lighting the building will be of a Venetian character. The architects are Messrs Pennington and Jervis, St James-square, and the estimated cost of carrying out the plans, as sent in by Messrs Farrell and Griffiths, builders, Broughton is £1,090-15s. [The Builder 1852: 737.]