The building was used for cultural events: an audience attended a "grand miscellaneous concert" there in 1789. It was refurbished and stained glass windows were installed to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The stained glass windows depicted all the kings and queens who had granted charters to the town from 1157 to 1830. A carpet made at the Southwell Carpet Factory, which had been established by Thomas Martin Southwell on the site of the old Bridgnorth Greyfriars Monastery in 1824, was installed in the council chamber at that time.
