The structure, which was completed in 1752 and has seen various commercial uses since it was superseded by a new town hall in 1808, is a Grade II* listed building.

It was designed by an architect named Lawrence in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1752.

[3][4] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with four bays facing onto Wine Street; on the ground floor, which was rusticated, there were four round-headed openings.

While the current Devizes Town Hall was under construction, between 1806 and 1808, the room on the first floor was briefly used as a venue for council meetings.

[11] After TSB Bank closed its branch in Wine Street in April 2021,[12] the ground floor became the home of a ladies' fashion shop, Hen House, in autumn 2022.