The structure, which currently accommodates a local history museum, is a Grade II listed building.

[3] The current building, which was commissioned to replace a 14th-century court house,[4] was designed in the medieval style, built in rubble masonry and was completed in around 1540.

[5] It was then extended, with the construction of a north facing wing and the installation of a porch at the top of the external staircase, in 1830.

[6][7][8] The design of the enlarged building involved a main block which was orientated east to west together with a north facing wing.

The north facing wing was gabled and the main block was covered by a hipped roof.