The Seat of Power

Ilkley Town Hall, on Station Road, Ilkley, West Yorkshire, is a Grade II listed municipal building designed by William Bakewell of Leeds it forms the centre of a small complex of public buildings, which also includes Ilkley Library (a Carnegie Library), and the King's Hall & Winter Garden theatre The library, Town Hall and King's Hall opened in 1908 opposite Ilkley railway station; the Winter Garden was added to the west in 1914.

The frontage to Station Road is a symmetrical composition featuring the central Town Hall, with two wings – the library to the left and the King's Hall to the right. Everything is of two storeys and constructed of local ashlar stone with mullioned windows and steep, hipped slate roofs. The main entrance is recessed within lonic columns and topped with a pediment. The roof ridge contains a central clock turret, containing an illuminated hour-striking clock and bell installed in 1907 by Potts &Sons of Leeds.
The Winter Garden, which being a later addition does not form part of the symmetrical layout, is attached to the right-hand side in a similar style. It has a decorated metal canopy which projects over the pavement.