[2] It was designed by Foster and Wood in the Italianate style, built by Messrs Shearn and Stamp in limestone rubble at a cost of £1,500 and was officially opened on 18 September 1860.

[5] Ownership of the private company which had developed the market hall passed to William Beauchamp of Norton House in the late 1880s.

[2] Following significant population growth, largely associated with the status of Midsomer Norton as a market town, the area became an urban district in 1894.

[2] Parts of the town hall were used by the Salvation Army from the early 20th century, as a labour exchange from the 1930s and then as workspace for the local council from the mid-1960s.

[7] Ownership of the building was transferred to the new unitary authority, Bath and North East Somerset Council, in 1996,[2] and, after a lift had been installed, a Citizens Advice office was established on the ground floor in 1997.