It was designed by William Williamson in the Italianate style, built by Edward Marland in ashlar stone at a cost of over £60,000 and was completed in 1864.

Esther died before the building was completed, and it was instead occupied by their son, Edmund Lees Mayall, and his wife, Martha.

[8] It was refurbished and officially opened by the mayor, Joseph Fearns Lawton, as Mossley Town Hall on 7 May 1892.

[8] A memorial, in the form of a female figure sculpted in white marble standing on a pedestal, which was intended to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the war, was unveiled in front of the town hall by the mayor, John Platt, on 9 October 1920.

The second bay on the left features a porch, which is also projected forward and formed by piers supporting arches with keystones.