[1] The town hall was designed in the neoclassical style, built in rubble masonry and, in its earliest form, dates to 1614.

The design then involved an asymmetrical main frontage of four bays facing onto Fore Street.

A small clock tower, faced in slate and surmounted by a cupola and a weather vane, was installed at the left-hand end of the building.

[10] A small museum, the Grampound with Creed Heritage Centre, was established in the town hall in 2008.

[13] The southeast corner of the town hall was badly damaged when it was hit by a car in December 2022.