The town hall, which is a meeting place of Maidstone Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

[5] In the late 18th century civic leaders decided to erect a new town hall on the site of the lower courthouse which was duly demolished in 1759.

[8] It was designed in the neoclassical style, built with Portland stone on the ground floor and red brick above and was completed in 1763.

[1] There was a cupola with Ionic order columns, which was capped with a gilded ball and a weather vane, at roof level.

[10] The gaol was closed in around 1827, apparently after the escape of a prisoner being held there,[11] and the arcading on the ground floor was enclosed to create a police court sometime after 1835.