[2][3] It designed by Henry Harris of Cardiff in the Queen Anne Revival style, built by G. Thomas & Sons in rubble masonry at a cost of £3,000 and was officially opened by the chairman of the Llynvi, Tondu and Ogmore Coal and Iron Company, David Chadwick, on 22 October 1881.

[6] A lamp and fountain to commemorate the life of the local doctor and benefactor, William Hopkin Thomas, was designed by W. H. Rees and unveiled outside the town hall in 1900.

[1] On the upper floors there were a series of sash windows flanked by red brick pilasters supporting a pediment containing the words "Neuadd y Dref" (English: town hall).

[1] Queen Mary attended a social services function at the town hall in April 1938,[2] the actor, Richard Burton, performed as a child at a local eisteddfod in the building in 1939[3] and the contralto singer, Kathleen Ferrier, made an appearance on 13 May 1944.

[9] In 2016 the council announced plans to refurbish the building and, based on a design by Purcell Architecture,[10] to convert it into a community hub at a cost of £6 million.