The new three-storey building was designed in the Renaissance Revival style, built in red brick and was completed in the late 1750s.

[1] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of three bays facing onto the Market Place with a distinctive apse at the southern end.

[4] The Derby Road offices ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council was formed in 1974.

[7] The new building was designed in the modern style, built in red brick and was officially opened as the Lancashire Fusilier in April 1981.

[8] The lean-to was given a new glazed front, and the interior of the complex accommodated a reception area, function room, bar and kitchen.