Town Hall Conservation Area - Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

and le Mans Crescent and also 20 th century retail stores. Early 19 th century buildings on
Oxford Street were built of red brick which has been rendered. Roofs are slate with
modern materials on mansard including metal sheeting.
Fig.16: The 1970s Wellsprings Building
is faced in sandstone ashlar, to
complement The Town Hall.
Railings and boundary walls are not a common feature in the conservation area, as most
properties are built up to the back of the footway. An exception is the rear of Le Mans
Crescent where panels of good quality steel railings protect the basement area.
Fig.17: 1930s railings on Queen
Street
4.9 Public realm: roads and pavements
Carriageways on Ashburner Street and Black Horse Street are surfaced in tarmacadam,
with large stone setts laid on Le Mans Crescent and north and south of the Town hall
extension. These setted surfaces have the benefit of slowing traffic on the street as well
as complementing the architecture and the street scene. On Victoria Square, good
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