Ilkeston Town Hall 2.9

Ilkeston Town Hall in the Market Place, Ilkeston, Derbyshire is a Grade II listed building.HistoryThe Town Hall was built between 1866 and 1868 by Richard Charles Sutton of Nottingham in the Italianate style for the Ilkeston Local Board of Health. The foundation stone was laid on 27 September 1866.In 1887 following the grant of a Royal Charter, Ilkeston Town Hall became the headquarters of Ilkeston Corporation. Council meetings were held in what is now the Mayor's Parlour, with what is now the Council Chamber being used as a ballroom and function room.In 1892, during a concert by the Ilkeston and District Harmonic Society, heat from the newly installed lighting caused timbers in the roof to catch fire. The fire was quickly extinguished.In 1924 another fire was successfully extinguished before much damage was done.Since 1974 it has been one of two headquarters of Erewash Borough Council, the other being in Long Eaton.