[1] The town hall formed one of a series of buildings designed and commissioned by the architect, Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, on a site which had previously been known as Aber Iâ (English: Ice Estuary).

[1] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with five bays facing east towards the centre of the village.

[4] The Emral estate had been established by the former member of parliament, Sir Roger Puleston, and rebuilt by his descendants in the early 18th century.

The ceiling was barrel vaulted and depicted the labours of Hercules and the signs of the zodiac in white plaster cast.

[6] A statue of Hercules, which had been sculpted by William Brodie in 1863, was relocated from Aberdeen to Portmeirion and erected near the town hall in 1960.