The former town hall, which is currently used as an ice cream factory, is a Grade II listed building.

[1] Following significant population growth, largely associated with the arrival of new factories in the area, the Lockwood Local Board was formed in February 1863.

[3] The new town hall was designed in the Italianate style, built in ashlar stone from Crossland Hill and was completed in time for a meeting of the local board held on 14 May 1866.

[8] The design of the two-storey building involves a symmetrical main frontage of six bays facing onto Swan Lane.

The two central bays, which are slightly projected forward, are surmounted by a pediment, with a cartouche with the words "Town 1866 Hall" as well as some sculpted foliage, in the tympanum.