[1] The building was designed by a former mayor of the borough, Thomas William Angel Evans, in the Gothic Revival style, built in rubble masonry with stone dressings and was completed in 1878.

[1][2][3] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of two bays facing onto Lady Street.

[1] The borough council, which met in the town hall, was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883.

[6] At the subsequent trial, the prosecution failed to convince the jury that Harold Greenwood was guilty and he was acquitted in November 1920.

[10] Carmarthenshire County Council sought purchasers who would develop the building in October 2019.