The town hall, which was the headquarters of Bourne Urban District Council, is a Grade II listed building.

[2] In the early 19th century civic leaders decided to replace the Elizabethan structure with a new building which would serve both as a market hall and courthouse.

[3] The Marquess of Exeter, who owned the site, agreed to donate it to the town to facilitate the project and it was decided that the cost of construction would be met by public subscription.

[1] The central bay featured two piers on the ground floor, flanked by two recessed flights of stairs leading up to the main entrance on the first floor, with the piers supporting two Doric order columns which in turn supported a frieze, a parapet and, in the centre, a segmental arch which contained a stone inscribed with the date of construction.

[3] Magistrates' court hearings in Bourne were withdrawn by Her Majesty's Courts Service in 2008 and the building fell completely vacant after South Kesteven District Council relocated its remaining locally based staff to the new South Kesteven Community Point in the Corn Exchange at Abbey Road in 2014.