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The former Withington Town Hall, on Lapwing Lane, is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building " (Link British Listed Buildings). It was built, probably c.1880-90, as Local Board of Health offices and the listing text notes that it is a “Good example of modest late C19 civic building, representing an important phase in the development of local government”

One of its most striking features is the pyramidal turret supporting a square clock with swept copper-clad fleche finished with a weathervane.

Withington Local Board formed in 1876, became the Urban District Council 1894.