[1] Following significant population growth in the late 19th century, largely associated with its status as a seaside resort, the town appointed a local board of health in 1885.

This building burned down on 11 January 1928 and a new town hall, built on the site of the burnt-out offices, opened in 1931.

It was designed by William Henry Ansell in the Neo-Georgian style, built in red brick with ashlar stone dressings and was opened by Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, assisted by the future Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, and blessed by the Bishop of Sheffield, Leonard Burrows, in May 1927.

[1][5] In the early 1960s, the district council acquired the former convalescent home and converted it for municipal use.

The central section of five bays features a loggia infilled with pairs of French windows.