The current Town Hall was built in 1864 and opened in July 1866. The impressive building was designed by Edward William Godwin and is based on his design of Northampton Town Hall. The Victorian Gothic building was built to impress and to reflect Congleton’s status. It has an imposing stone staircase and a court room on the first floor. On the ground floor there was a large hall for a variety of functions. The building still impresses people today! It embodies Italian and French Gothic design influences and the inside is equally dramatic with large two-storey Main Hall with exposed hammer beams, minstrels gallery and mansard ceilings. The building is grade 2* listed.

Until the Local Government re-organisation in 1974 Congleton Town Hall was owned and managed by the Congleton Urban District Council (responsible for Congleton Town only). In 1974 it transferred to Congleton Borough Council.

A major refurbishment of £975,000 in 1996 saw most of the interior brought back to its original design. Congleton Town Hall Trust was established in 1998 to operate the facility at community level. Financial resources and local politics conspired against it and management soon reverted to the Borough Council.

In January 2007 Congleton Town Council moved its offices back to the Town Hall, this time leasing two rooms on the first floor. Later in the year it took over the second floor and converted storage space into two modern, fully DDA compliant offices. The ownership and freehold of the Town Hall transferred to the Town Council on 2nd June 2008.

Since this date the Town Council has completed the upgrading programme by refurbishing the Bridestones Suite, re-roofing most of the Town Hall complex, introducing numerous energy efficiency improvements such as new boilers, draft excluders, LED lights etc. refurbishing the bar and kitchen areas and introducing a commercial partner to manage events and parties as well as a cocktail bar at the front of the Town Hall. The Town Hall is now a busy venue for weekday conferences, training sessions and public enquiries and an even more popular weekend venue for parties, weddings and concerts.