[1] The right to hold markets in Dursley was granted by King Henry VIII to the lord of the manor, Nickolas Wykes, in November 1528.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the south side of the Market Place: on the first floor there was an elaborate coat of arms of the Estcourt family in a central position flanked by a pair of sash windows and, in the outer bays, a pair of blind windows.

[1] On the east elevation there were two sash windows and, between them, a niche containing a statue of Queen Anne who had contributed £500 towards the restoration of the tower of the Church of St James the Great in Dursley.

[6] In 1840, the local solicitor and benefactor, Henry Vizard, purchased both the building and the right to hold markets from the then lord of the manor, Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt and then, in December 1841, assigned them to seven trustees appointed on behalf of the town.

[11] Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by an unknown artist of the benefactor, Henry Vizard.