The construction of the building was an initiative by the local lord of the manor, Sir Paul Molesworth of Pencarrow, to create an events venue in the town.

[8] A Roll of Honour, intended to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the First World War was installed in the building in the early 1920s.

[9] Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden donated a large stained glass window for installation in the building shortly before he died in July 1930.

It had significantly deteriorated by that time and, in the early 1960s, the local parish council commissioned an extensive programme of refurbishment works at a cost of £20,500.

The building was re-opened by the local member of parliament, James Scott-Hopkins, as the Wadebridge Town Hall and Community Centre in August 1962.