Buildings of Interest

Description

1903 - Architect:- Heaton, Ralph & Heaton

Built with pressed red bricks with a considerable amount of Yorkshire stone. The building contractor was D.A. Ablett of Wigan.

Costs:- Building £6,097, Land £818 and Street Improvement £185.

From The Builder publication - Sept 1904.

New Council Offices. Hindley, Lancashire.
The new public offices which have been erected by the Hindly Urban District Council were opened recently. 
The premises are three stories in height. The ground floor contains offices for clerk, assistant clerk, collector, assistant collector, medical officer, overseer’s and school attendance officer’s rooms.
The first floor contains the council chamber, committee room, chairman's parlour, surveyor's drawing office, private office, plan room, and a spare room.
The attic contains rooms for the caretaker, and the basement contains nuisance inspector’s office, pay office, and men’s waiting-room, heating apparatus, and rooms for future offices or storerooms. 
There is a front or side entrance from Wigan Road and an entrance from Cross Street. The elevations are built of red pressed bricks, with Yorkshire stone dressings. 
The contractor for the building was Mr. D. A. Ablett of Wigan, and the work was carried out under the supervision of the architects. Messrs. Heaton, Ralph and Heaton of Wigan. 
The total cost of the building, including furnishing, etc., was £7,318.