[2] The new building was designed by Robert and Thomas Roe in the Victorian style, built in red brick with terracotta dressings and was completed in 1890.

[3] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Edward Street; the central bay featured, on the ground floor, a doorway flanked by pilasters and brackets supporting a balcony and, on the first floor, a French door, also flanked by pilasters, with a pediment containing a date stone and the inscription "Town Hall" above.

[4] The area was advanced to the status of urban district in 1899[5] and to municipal borough with the town hall as its headquarters in July 1947.

[6] A mayoral chain was commissioned and presented to the council by the local rose breeder, Mrs Sam McGredy: the chain was made from gold medals awarded to the family for rose breeding.

[7] The town hall was also used for public events from an early stage and performers included the Irish singer, Bridie Gallagher, in May 1952.