[1] The building was originally commissioned as a canteen and mess room for the local armaments factory in Crayford which had been established by the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company in the 1880s and then been acquired by Vickers in 1897.

[3] The council converted it into a municipal building, establishing its offices on the first floor and adding a portico, a balcony bearing the town's coat of arms and a flagpole to the front elevation.

[3] In the 1951 United Kingdom general election, one of the candidates standing for the Dartford constituency was the future Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who gave a speech at Crayford Town Hall about the Conservative Party's policy on peace.

[9] The building was subsequently acquired by a developer, R&M Projects, which initiated a two-stage programme of works, which was carried out by Higgins Construction to a design by Alan Camp Architects at a total cost of £30 million.

[10] The first stage, relating to the area behind the town hall, involved the construction of three blocks of apartments and a separate library and community complex and was completed in November 2012.