Pontypool Town Hall

Pontypool Town Hall is a municipal structure in Hanbury Road, Pontypool, Wales. The town hall, which forms the original part of a civic centre that now serves as the headquarters of Torfaen County Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
Until the opening of the town hall, Pontypool did not have a hall for the transaction of public business, a fact which was considered by the local newspaper to be "anomalous". The town hall was a gift to the town from the Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire, Capel Hanbury Leigh, whose seat was at Pontypool Park, to celebrate the birth of his son. The foundation stone for the building was laid by Mrs Hanbury Leigh on 15 May 1854. It was designed by Bidlake and Lovett of Wolverhampton in the Italianate style, was built in ashlar stone by William Prosser of Abergavenny and was officially opened on 5 January 1856. The official opening was celebrated with an evening concert which was attended by Mr and Mrs Hanbury Leigh.

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