[1] Following significant population growth, largely associated with Troon's status as an emerging sea port, the area became a police burgh in 1896.

[2] The burgh commissioners decided to commission a town hall in the early 20th century but implementation was delayed by the First World War: the site selected on the sea front, which was occupied by several large residential properties,[3] was donated, together with a sum of £2,000 towards the cost of construction, by the Duke of Portland.

[4] The new building was designed by James Miller in the Neo-Georgian style,[5] built in red brick with stone dressings and was officially opened by the Duke of Portland on 28 October 1932.

[4] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with nine bays facing onto Ayr Street; the central section of three bays, which slightly projected forward, featured a flight of steps leading up to a porch with Doric order columns supporting an entablature and a balcony.

[1] Above the front door, a stone panel was installed depicting The Duke, a steam locomotive designed and built by George Stephenson for the Kilmarnock and Troon Railway.