The site has been in long use for a public building: there was a guildhall here by at least 1629. The present town hall and market building dates from 1874 and was enlarged in 1881. The High Street facade is in a mixed classical style with French Renaissance influences; the ashlar front has an asymmetrical composition and is dominated by a four-storey clock-tower to the centre over the entrance.
(Source: Cadw listing description, 02.29.1996)
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 28 April 2010.