Following significant population growth, largely associated with the fishing industry, Lower Sheringham became an urban district in 1901.

[3] The new building was designed by the local architects, Stanley Simons & Co., in the Edwardian style, built in red brick with stone dressings and was completed in 1912.

[4][5] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage at the junction of Church Street and Saint Peter's Road; the central bay featured a recessed doorway with a fanlight on the ground floor and a prominent oriel window on the first floor surmounted by a short clock tower with a ogee-shaped roof.

[10] After the town council relocated to Sheringham Community Centre in Holway Road in August 2019, the building was mothballed.

[11] The contents of the town hall were auctioned in January 2021 and a planning application to convert the building for residential use was submitted to North Norfolk District Council in July 2021.