[1][2] The group was led by a pioneer of the smallholdings movement, Sir Robert Edgcumbe, who lived at Sandye Place.

[5] The new building was designed by Alfred Ernest Anthony of Usher & Anthony in the Tudor Revival style, built in brick with exposed timbers by a local contractor, Messrs. Haynes and Fennemore, and was opened as Sandy Town Hall in September 1906.

The central bay featured a wide single storey portico formed by four Tuscan order columns supporting an entablature, a cornice and a balcony.

There was a pedimented stone inscribed with the words "town hall" in the centre of the gable which was surmounted by a belltower.

[8] In 1920, the building was converted into a venue for silent film shows known as the "Victory Cinema", with a capacity of 400 people and a proscenium arch which was 25 feet (7.6 m) wide.