[1] The building was commissioned by Colonel Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne (1783 – 1861), whose father had inherited the Monachty Mansion and had used his wealth to develop the town.

[2] It was designed by Edward Haycock from Shrewsbury in the neoclassical style, built by William Green of Aberaeron in sandstone and was completed in 1846.

[4] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Market Street.

[5] However, the Market Street building remained reserved for judicial use and the new urban district council established their offices in Alban Square.

[12] After the county council moved out to new offices at Llanbadarn Fawr in 2009,[13] the building's primary use was to accommodate the local public library.