Council offices built on a former church and school that were first marked on 1893 maps. These were built on land that was previously part of the probable medieval crofts associated with the housing along Market Hill and Church Street. Barnsley was moved from its original position at Old Town by the monks of Pontefract some time in the 12th or 13th century (Elliot 2002, 27) and set out as a planned settlement. There is fragmentary legibility of the croft pattern in the layout of the buildings.