The new building was designed in the Moderne style, built in red brick and was officially opened by Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester on 5 July 1938.

The middle three bays of the central section, which were even further projected forward, featured a short flight of steps leading up to a square-headed doorway, with a stone surround and a keystone, which was flanked by two small casement windows.

[1] The civic offices continued to serve as the headquarters of the corporation and remained the meeting place for the enlarged Thamesdown Borough Council when it was formed in 1974.

[8] A granite plaque, to commemorate the lives of the leaders of the Peasants' Revolt, Wat Tyler and John Ball, was installed in Beckhampton Street in 1990.

[10] Following the closure of its former home at Apsley House in Old Town, Museum & Art Swindon relocated to the first floor of the Civic Offices in 2024.