[1] In the early 1820s, civic leaders formed an improvement committee which included the local member of parliament, Sir Thomas Lethbridge, whose family seat was at Sandhill Park,[3] with the objective of financing a new municipal building.

[2] The new building was designed by Richard Carver in the Regency style, built in brick with a stucco façade and was completed in 1823.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto the High Street; the central section of five bays, which slightly projected forward, featured two porticos each with Tuscan order columns supporting entablatures; the seal of the town council was installed on the entablature on the left portico while the borough coat of arms was installed on the right one.

[1] This rear building was designed by Charles Knowles in the Gothic style, built in red brick with stone dressings and officially opened in July 1865.

[7] It also continued to serve as the borough headquarters for much of the 20th century[8] but ceased to be the local seat of government after the enlarged Sedgemoor District Council was formed with its offices at The Priory in St Mary Street in 1974.