[2] The southern part of the current building was constructed as a single room, with gable to the road, possibly as a meeting place for the Guild of Newport, in around 1400.

[1] The building was built in a typical medieval style with exposed timbers and brick infilling which has been painted white.

[1] The internal beams on the ground floor in this part of the building were decorated with chevrons, antlers, acanthus leaves and pomegranates with the last of these being associated with Catherine of Aragon.

[6] The Boughey Trust made the guildhall available, rent-free, to Newport Town Council who restored it with the support of English Heritage and it was officially re-opened to the public by Algernon Heber-Percy, Vice-Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire, on 25 March 1995.

[7] In spring 2019 improvement works were carried out involving a new boiler and new carpets, paintwork and lighting.