The structure, which is the meeting place of Fordingbridge Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

[1] The building was commissioned by the Loyal New Forest Lodge of the Ancient Order of Oddfellows as their meeting place:[2][3] the site they selected was almost in the centre of the town.

[4] It was designed in the Gothic Revival style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was completed in 1877.

On the first floor, there was a French door with a date stone set in the lintel and, at attic level, there was a gable containing an oculus.

[3] A small local history museum was also established in the town hall: significant archaeological items in the collection included a palstave which had been found at Alderholt in Dorset.