[3] As far back as 1891, North Riding County Council had recognised the need to replace their offices in East Road in the town and the twelve other sites that they occupied that were scattered throughout Northallerton.

[4] In 1895, Walter Brierley and John Demaine were employed to be the architects for the new building; however, the process of acquiring new land and the council members voting on the preferred locations, made for a protracted eight year gap before work was started.

[6] Work on the new offices started in 1903, with John Hutton MP laying the first stone in July of that year,[7] with it being blessed by the vicar of Northallerton and the Bishop of Richmond.

[10][8] The roof was finished with slate from Westmorland and the main entrance into the grounds that the hall is set in, has been described as "impressive" as it is lined with hedging, trees and decorative ponds.

[15] Between October 1914 and January 1919, part of the hall served as a Red Cross hospital helping sick and injured service personnel from the First World War.