The site they chose in Market Street had accommodated the "Corn Returns Office", a structure, which was designed in the Tudor style using timber-frame construction, and which dated from 1593.

[2] The new building was designed by John Collier of Putney in the neoclassical style, built by a local builder, Malachi Bartlett, in ashlar stone at a cost of £2,500 and was officially opened on 17 September 1863.

[4] After the area was advanced to the status of urban district in 1895,[5] the new civic leaders decided to hold their meetings in the corn exchange, rather than in Witney Town Hall.

Witney Town Council acquired the corn exchange in July 1977: an extensive programme of refurbishment works costing £150,000 was carried out and the building was re-opened by the mayor, Michael Chadwick, in February 1979.

[12] The ground floor was further upgraded when tiered seating was installed in 2022, enabling the building to be re-opened by the mayor, Liz Duncan, as an arts and performance hub in March 2023.