[2][a] After the responsibilities of the township expanded, civic leaders decided to procure municipal offices: the site they selected was an old malt kiln on the north side of Briggate.

[1] Internally, the principal room was the council chamber on the first floor which contained a chairman's chair with a finely carved reredos behind.

[1] The building became the headquarters of Brighouse Municipal Borough in 1894 and it hosted the future Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, when he gave a speech to Liberal Party supporters on 6 December 1904.

[4] The town hall was further enhanced when the mayor, Alderman Robert Thornton, presented a large clock (informally known as "Owd Bob"), which was installed in the centre of a new open pediment and balustrade at a ceremony on 9 November 1914.

[4] The building was sold to a private buyer in March 2011[10] and, after a programme of conversion works, it re-opened as the Town Hall Dental practice in 2012.