[1] Following significant population growth associated with the rebuilding of the barracks to create Marlborough, Stanhope and Wellington Lines in 1890,[2] the area became an urban district in 1896.

[3] In this context, the new council decided to procure a dedicated town hall; the site they selected was open land to the west of Grosvenor Road.

[4] The new building was designed by Charles E. Hutchinson in the Edwardian Baroque style, built in red brick with Bath stone dressings and was completed in 1904.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto Grosvenor Road; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward and benefited from an extra storey, featured an arched doorway on the ground floor and an elaborate centrepiece involving carved panels between the sash windows on first and second floors, flanked by Ionic order pilasters with an segmental canopy above.

[6] On 21 April 1954, a military parade took place in front of the town hall to mark the centenary of the creation of Aldershot as the first permanent training camp for the British Army.