Moot Hall, Mansfield

The Moot Hall is a former municipal building situated on one corner of the Market Place in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England.

The central section of three bays, which was slightly projected forward, was surmounted by a entablature carved with the letters "HCHOM" (Henrietta Cavendish Holles [of] Oxford & Mortimer) and the year (1752),[4] and by a pediment with a gilded coat of arms of the Oxford family in the tympanum.

The architectural historian, Nikolaus Pevsner, commented favourably on the "graceful pediment decorated in the Rococo taste".

[3] In February 1782, the moot hall was the venue for a lively debate, presided over by Lord George Manners-Sutton, on the proposals advocated by William Pitt for parliamentary reform including, specifically, the abolition of rotten and pocket boroughs.

By the early 21st century it was home of the local branch of Nationwide Building Society,[12][13] and, after the building society also closed its branch, the ground floor was occupied by a local sweet shop known as "Carousel Candy",[14] and offices.

Triangular vertical projection at gutter level with decorative edge mouldings and gilded coat of arms
Ornate pediment above the building