[3] The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the mayor, Councillor Harold Gibbons, on 18 June 1938.

[4] The new building was designed by Clifford Culpin in the Art Deco style, built by William Moss & Sons and was completed in 1939.

[6] At the foot of the tower was a doorway with a canopy showing the signs of the zodiac to a design by Carter & Co.[1] The architectural historian, Sir Nikolaus Pevsner, wrote that Greenwich Town Hall, which shows the influence of Hilversum Town Hall in the Netherlands, was "the only town hall of any London borough to represent the style of our time adequately".

[9] After the town hall ceased to be the local seat of government, it was extensively altered to create floors in the area of the council chamber in 1974.

[11] Meanwhile, the Borough Hall continued to be used as a concert venue: the rock band Squeeze gave their first performance there in 1975,[12] as commemorated by a blue plaque on the side of the building.