[2] This structure was designed with arcading on the ground floor to allow markets to be held and was erected in the middle of the High Street in 1578.

[4] The current building, which was commissioned by Earl Grosvenor, was designed in the Neoclassical style and built between 1826[5] and 1837.

[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto the High Street; the central bay featured a porch on the ground floor and a casement window on the first floor with a clock tower being added in 1879[6] (initially built in wood, it was rebuilt in stone in 1925).

[8] The principal room in the building was the council chamber on the first floor which was panelled and, on the south side, featured views out over Gold Hill,[9][10] which has been described as "one of the most romantic sights in England.

[13][14] Other works of art in the town hall include a portrait by an unknown artist of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury.