[2] The current building was originally part of a town house which was commissioned by the local member of parliament, Sir Robert Darcy: it was designed in the neoclassical style, built in red brick and completed in around 1420.

[4] After the rear part of the house had been demolished in 1536, the building was acquired by the local bailiff, John Church, in 1539.

[4] Following Church's death in 1554, the building was again allowed to deteriorate until it was acquired by the borough council and converted for municipal use in 1576.

[4] Court hearings and civic meetings were transferred from the old moot hall in Silver Street at that time.

[5] The design of the new moot hall involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the High street.