[4] The new building was designed in the Italianate style, built in rubble masonry with a whitewash finish and was completed in 1747.

[1][5] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with a hall section of two bays facing onto Market Street with rusticated quoins and an attached tower.

The tower, which featured clock faces on the north and south sides, was surmounted by a pyramid-shaped roof.

[1] A lean-to containing a lock-up for petty criminals was added to the east side in 1774, a bellcote with a bell designed and cast by Rudhall of Gloucester together with a weather vane in the form of a peacock were added to the roof in 1786, and the first floor was re-fenestrated with Gothic-style sash windows in 1814.

[1] Following the implementation of the Municipal Corporations Act 1883, which abolished the borough council,[6][7] fortnightly meetings of the court baron continued take place in the town hall under the auspices of a Grand Jury, which was presided over by the portreeve, acting as the chief magistrate, to ensure the corporation's extensive property portfolio continued to be properly managed.