Pittwood House

Following significant population growth in the late 19th century, largely associated with the steel industry, the town appointed a local board of health in 1890. Scunthorpe became an urban district in 1894, and, in this context, civic leaders established council offices, along with a Carnegie library, on Old Station Road (now known as High Street East). However, following amalgamation with Frodingham Urban District in 1919 and advancement to the status of municipal borough in 1936, the council's responsibilities grew and, by the mid-1950s, the existing premises were inadequate. Civic leaders therefore decided to commission a more substantial building. The site they selected, on Ashby Road,…

The L-shaped building has a four-storey north wing, housing offices, and a two-storey east wing, with the council chamber on the ground floor, and committee rooms above. Between the blocks is a link containing the main entrance, and there is a 1980s restaurant in the angle of the wings. In the entrance hall is a 4th-century Romano-British mosaic of the goddess of agriculture, Ceres, which was excavated from a Roman villa in Winterton in 1959. The council chamber block is built of white stone panels, and the roof is partly covered in copper. The office block has a concrete-covered steel frame, clad in slate, and hardwood windows with steel panels below. The building was grade II listed in…