Following significant population growth, largely associated with the chocolate manufacturing industry, an urban district council was formed in Keynsham in 1938.

[4] The new complex, which involved a town hall, council offices, a library, and a clock tower, was designed in the brutalist style, built in concrete and was completed in the mid-1960s.

[10] The design of the library and community centre building involves an asymmetrical main frontage facing onto Temple Street.

It features, on the first floor at the north end, a rectangular gold-coloured box, manufactured from cross-laminated timber, which is jettied out over the pavement.

[15] The buildings were designed to be highly energy efficient, making use of natural ventilation, thermal mass and daylight.