[3] It was designed by Thomas Bower in the Gothic Revival style, built by John Stringer in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £5,000 and was officially opened by Lord Crewe on 28 October 1890.

[6] The left hand bay, which was slightly set back, featured mullioned and transomed windows on the ground and first floors with a gable above.

[7] After significant population growth, largely associated with Sandbach's status as a market town, the area became an urban district in 1894.

[3] The town hall continued to be used as an events venue after the war and performers included the soul and rhythm and blues singer, Jimmy Powell, in April 1963.

[3] The town hall ceased to be the local seat of government when the enlarged Congleton Borough Council was formed at Westfields in Middlewich Road in Sandbach in 1974.