[2][3][4] The Hampton Wick Local Board was established in 1863, the year inscribed on the building, following the ratification of the Local Government Act 1858 by Sir Thomas James Nelson JP, Solicitor to the City of London and the Board's chairman.

[6] The Local Board was supplanted by an Urban District Council in 1894, which was absorbed by the Municipal Borough of Twickenham in 1937.

In 2013, the building gained a Historic England Grade II listing after a "passionate local campaign".

The first floor is made up of four Doric banded pilasters - the latter two of which align with those of the entrance to form a superimposed order - which divide the façade into three bays.

The gable features a roundel with a stag and crown, the seal of the local board designed by Sir Thomas James Nelson.