The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.

[1] In the early 1760s, the burgesses were the mayor, Benjamin Leigh, and the member of parliament, Lord Holmes, who was also Governor of the Isle of Wight.

[1][a] The building was rebuilt in the neoclassical style, using red brick and the work was completed later that year.

[10] A plaque, designed by Frank Cooper of Newport to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the First World War was installed on the front elevation of the building and unveiled by Major-General J. E. B. Seely on 27 July 1924.

[11][12][13] Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the town hall during a tour of the island on 25 July 1965.