[3] The civic leaders and magistrates started to hold their meetings in the assembly rooms from the early 20th century.

[8] Performances in the 1950s included a pantomime based on a folk tale from One Thousand and One Nights entitled Aladdin;[9] more recent performances have included a pantomime based on another folk tale from One Thousand and One Nights entitled Sinbad the Sailor in 2011[10] and a pantomime based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen entitled the Snow Queen in 2020.

[11][12] The building is of red brick in Flemish bond dressed with ashlar sandstone and a steeply-pitched Welsh slate roof and is Jacobean in style.

The Bridge Street facade has one bay and a leaved panelled door situated below a fanlight under a round-arched portal with datestone.

[1] There is a central entrance hall with staircase leading up to the first floor which has a galleried assembly room.