[1][4] The move to Blanchard's Yard was funded by public subscription and financially supported by the local member of parliament, Admiral John Edward Walcott.

[3] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with six bays facing onto the High Street; the central section of two bays, which slightly projected forward, featured arcading on the ground floor to allow markets to be held, and a stone balcony and Venetian window on the first floor flanked by full-height Doric order pilasters supporting an open pediment.

[3] The borough council, which met in the town hall, was reformed under the Municipal Corporations Act 1883.

[3] Proposals to glaze the ground floor of the town hall were recommended to the local council in August 2015.

[10] After Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP), was created as the unitary authority for the area in April 2019,[11] Christchurch Town Council, the first tier of local government, was created at the same time as the unitary authority, with its offices in the town hall.