The new building was designed in the Italianate style, built in red brick with stone dressings at a cost of £2,700 and was officially opened by the chairman of the board, Richard Williams, on 26 June 1874. The Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Lord Wrottesley, and the Bishop of Lichfield, George Selwyn, were in attendance. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto Holyhead Road; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, featured a portico with two pairs of Doric order columns supporting an entablature inscribed with the words "Municipal Offices ". There were round headed sash windows on the first floor and an entablature, a modillioned cornice and a central pediment at roof level. Internally, the principal room was the main hall which was located behind the offices and contained an organ which was a gift from the local member of parliament, Alexander Brogden.
