[1] The building was commissioned by a barrister at Lincoln's Inn, Henry Boldero Barnard, who had established his family home at Cave Castle, a property which had been built for him in 1787.

[2] Barnard decided to cement his place as the local lord of the manor by procuring a market hall for the parish of South Cave.

[1] There was a central three-part sash window with glazing bars on the first floor and, at roof level, a dentiled pediment with a cartouche, containing a floral motif, in the tympanum.

[7] A central bell tower, which was surmounted by an octagonal belfry, a Baroque style dome and a weather vane, was installed in the centre of the roof in 1897.

[9] In 1935, as part of events intended to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of George V, the original faces of the clock were replaced with illuminated dials, the lighting for which was financed by public subscription.