[1] For his design of a scaled-down version of Leeds Town Hall, Hill was awarded £120 (equivalent to £13,000 in 2023.

[5] In the early 1930s the town hall was extended and a crescent of civic buildings was built to the rear on a new street to provide office space.

[9] During the cold war, the county standby nuclear bunker was located directly below the town hall.

[10] The original building on a rectangular plan is designed in the neoclassical style in the form of a temple with a tall baroque-style clocktower.

It has a broad flight of steps up to a five-bay portico with a pediment in which there is a high-relief sculpture by William Calder Marshall, depicting a figure representing 'Bolton' flanked by 'Manufactures' and 'Commerce'.

[11] All the other architectural sculpture inside and out is by Burstall and Taylor, including the main staircase, the portico and the lions which flank the steps.

Hill's design for the Portsmouth version added ten domes at its corners to enliven its sky-line.

[16] The Civic Centre on Le Mans Crescent, housing the Bolton Museum, library, health clinics, and courts, was built in 1932–39 to the designs of Bradshaw Gass and Hope.

This has been converted to offices although the former cells are still used for holding those facing transfer to prison or awaiting appearances before the court.