The corner section featured a doorway with a stone surround at the base of a tall round-headed recessed window flanked by full-height brick pilasters supporting an architrave bearing the borough coat of arms.

[5] The police station and magistrates court, built to the east of the assembly hall, featured an arched doorway with a relief depicting the administration of justice in the tympanum.

[9] In 1986 Princess Margaret visited the attendance hall to see a performance of the musical Calamity Jane, which was held to raise funds for new medical equipment for the Kent and Sussex Hospital.

[10] A proposal to build new council offices as well as a new 1,200-seat theatre in Calverley Grounds, leaving the existing town hall complex redundant, was abandoned following a change in political leadership in September 2019.

[11][12] In February 2023, the council announced plans to refurbish the building and to rent out approximately two thirds of it to its partner, Town Square Spaces, who would make it available for commercial use by local businesses.