Following significant population growth, largely associated with its status as a residential suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne,[1] a local board was established in Gosforth in 1872.

The site they selected was open land on the east side of Gosforth High Street.

[5] The building was designed in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry with ashlar stone dressings and was completed in 1895.

The third bay featured a doorway flanked by pilasters and brackets supporting an entablature and a segmental pediment containing a date stone.

[14] It continued to serve as the local offices of the housing department of the city council until 2015,[15] when, with the fire station, it was deemed surpus to requirements and was sold for commercial use.