[2] After the first town hall once again became decrepit in the early 19th century, the two local members of parliament, Robert Ward and Charles Long, offered to demolish it and to build a new structure slightly to the south of the original site.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing north along the High Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, contained a large archway on the ground floor and featured a three-light casement window on the first floor flanked by brackets supporting a pediment with a clock in the tympanum.

[1] Haslemere had a very small electorate and a dominant patron, William Lowther, 1st Earl of Lonsdale, which meant it was recognised by the UK Parliament as a rotten borough.

[9] In the late 19th century, James Stewart Hodgson, who was a partner in Barings Bank and the local lord of the manor,[10][11] financed various projects in the town.

[16] A stained glass window, designed by the artist, Rachel Mulligan, and depicting the town's coat of arms, was installed in the council chamber in 2006.