In 1858 a new Town Hall was erected by public subscription at a cost of £12,500. In 1868, due to insecure foundations, it was partly dismantled and rebuilt at a cost exceeding £11,050. It incorporated a Corn Exchange, Committee Rooms for the use of the Local Board, the Volunteer Rifle Company Armoury and Drill Room and an Assembly Room which could seat 1,000 people.
In 1883 at the rear of the Town Hall was built a brine swimming pool and medicinal baths.
The hall was used regularly for concerts with many touring companies using the building. It was later used for magic lantern shows and silent films. It was also used for public meetings and elections.
It was advertised for sale in the 1923 Johnson’s Directory:
Later, dances were held regularly here up until 1939. In 1945, the building was considered unsafe for public meetings and was converted into a store for motor accessories. This firm failed and it was later let to Bill Spode for a timber and DIY Store.
It had become empty by 1965 when the rest of Snowhill was swept away, and eventually demolished in 1972 to make way for an entrance to the Snowhill Car Park.
Dorothy Vaughan wrote this poem in the Chronicle, on 30 December 1971:
Goodbye to the Old Town Hall
Landmark since childhood
And years before that
Soon you will top and be laid quite flat.
Far back you must have been
Pride of the town
Standing by Weaver
On what you look down.
You had a timepiece
Aloft in your tower
Which called o’er the rooftops
When striking the hour.
Very soon now you will
Crumble to dust,
As come to think of it,
All of us must.