[1] Following significant population growth, largely due to its status as a market town, a local board was established in Wimborne Minster in 1892.

It was designed by Sir Jeffry Wyatville in the neoclassical style, built in brick with a cement render and was completed in 1823.

[5] It was acquired by Wimborne Urban District Council in the late 1930s and converted into a civic centre.

[14] The playwright, Sir Tom Stoppard, married the heiress Sabrina Guiness, in the town hall in June 2014.

The ground floor incorporates a large central archway with an archivolt, which provides access to the rear of the property.