A statue of Queen Anne was installed in a niche at first-floor level, together with a Latin inscription: Anna Regina Anno Pacifico 1713 ('Queen Anne in the Year of Peace, 1713'); it was the gift of George Bridges M.P.. At the same time a prominent clock was installed, the gift of Sir William Paulet, projecting from the parapet so as to be seen along the street in either direction.

[2] After the opening of the new Guildhall the old building was sold; it housed a drapery business for a time,[2] before becoming a branch of Lloyds Bank (who built a modern frontage on the ground floor).

[6] The new building was designed by Jeffery and Skiller in the Gothic Revival style and built by Joseph Bull & Sons.

[7] The design for the central section involved a flight of steps leading up to an arcaded entrance on the first floor, three mullion windows on the second floor with a tall clock tower above flanked by angle pavilions;[1] the tower contained a quarter-chiming clock by Gillett & Bland.

[9] An extension to the west of the original building, built to the designs of John Colson with a flint-work frontage, thereby creating a new banqueting facility, was added in 1893.