The borough council subsequently met in public houses until, in the late 18th century, the civic leaders decided to commission a dedicated building.

[2] The design involved a main frontage with five bays facing onto the High Street; the right-hand section, which was symmetrical, featured a doorway flanked by pilasters and by round headed openings with a prominent Venetian window on the first floor.

[2] The roof of the building was repaired after it was badly damaged in a fire in September 1879, a balcony supported by four columns was installed in May 1912 and the freehold in the property was acquired in February 1922.

[5] It subsequently became the meeting place of Tenterden Town Council as well as an approved venue for weddings and civil partnership ceremonies.

[6] In January 2021, the town council announced plans to carry out a comprehensive restoration of the building, which would include the replacement of the 1930s extension, to a design by local architects, Theis & Khan, at a proposed cost of £1.75 million.