[3][4] The building was designed by the district surveyor, George Walter Warr, in the Baroque Revival style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was completed in 1906.

[5][6] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Albion Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, featured a doorway flanked by pilasters supporting voussoirs on the ground floor, a casement window on the first floor and a pediment above, with a blind oculus inscribed with the words "Town Hall" in the tympanum.

[8] The town hall was extensively used as a community events venue and regular users included the Southwick Bowling Club who held their first meeting there in February 1910.

[11] The positive contribution of the building to the built environment was recognised in 1976, when a small conservation area was created stretching from the town hall in the west to the Schooner Inn in the east.

The works to convert the offices involved the creation of a south-facing balcony at the back of the building overlooking the Lady Bee Marina.