[1] The first municipal building in Langport was a market hall at the junction between Bow Street and Cheapside which was erected in around 1563.

The new structure was designed in the neoclassical style, built in red brick and ashlar stone and was completed in 1732.

The first floor was fenestrated with sash windows with architraves and keystones and, at roof level, there was a wooden bell turret with a finial and a weather vane.

[2] Wrought iron gates were fitted to the openings on the ground floor in 1840[5] and the projecting clock was replaced by a London-based clock-making business, J. W. Benson Limited, in 1883.

[10] The garden behind the town hall was landscaped with funding from Tesco, in accordance with the conditions of the planning consent for a new retail store in the area, in 2002.