[5] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing south down the High Street; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward and was rusticated, featured three round headed openings on the ground floor and three sash windows on the first floor flanked by Doric order columns supporting an entablature, a frieze and a large pediment.

[8] During the First World War, recruitment rallies took place outside the town hall to attract potential soldiers for Kitchener's Army.

[12] In 1947 Andover Borough Council bought a large house called Beech Park on Weyhill Road to serve as its main offices, but continued to hold its meetings at the guildhall.

[13][14] Test Valley Borough Council has its main offices in a modern building at Beech Park, built in 1990 on the site of the old house.

However, full council meetings are not held at Beech Park, but alternately at Andover Guildhall and in Romsey, the other main town in Test Valley.