[1] The town hall was built on the site of the Church of St Mary, a pre-reformation house of worship, which dated back at least to the mid-14th century.

[2] The long central section of the town hall, which constitutes the original part of the building, was built using rubble masonry recovered from Glasney College, after it was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries,[3] and was completed in the 17th century.

[9] The town hall ceased to be the local seat of government after the enlarged Carrick District Council was formed in Truro in 1974.

[10] However, it continued to be the meeting place of Penryn Town Council[11] and it also became an approved venue for weddings and civil partnership ceremonies in September 2011.

[12] Works of art in the town hall include a portrait by John Opie of Lieutenant James Rusden of the Royal Navy who died in 1836.