The town hall, which is the headquarters of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, is a Grade B1 listed building.

[2] It featured a steeple which was 60 feet (18 m) high,[3] and was later referred to by the local member of parliament, Sir Robert Adair, as one of the "Seven Towers" of Ballymena.

[6] It was designed by Jones and Kelly in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone by John Carson at a cost of £26,400 and was officially opened by the Duke of Abercorn on 20 November 1928.

[10] It was officially opened by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall as the Braid Arts & Museum Centre, after the local river, on 21 May 2008.

[11] The town hall remained the local seat of government following the formation of the enlarged Mid and East Antrim Borough Council in April 2015.