[2][3] However, by the turn of the century it was deemed too small and civic officials decided to commission a new structure on the north side of Penlan Street.

[4][5] The new building was designed by the borough surveyor, Arthur James Dickinson, in the Baroque style, built in terracotta Ruabon brick at a cost of £5,800 and was officially opened in May 1902.

[7] The town hall served as events venue from an early stage offering theatre and concert performances and, from March 1911, showings of silent films.

[8] Margaret Lloyd George, the wife of the future Prime Minister, spoke at a British Army recruiting event in the building in September 1914 at the start of the First World War and the mezzo-soprano opera singer, Leila Megàne, performed there in October 1919.

A new public library area in the building was opened by the playwright, W. S. Jones, in 1996 and a further programme of refurbishment works costing £900,000 was completed in March 2022.