Built by the former West Riding County Council as a police station and court house. The building has functioned as a town hall since 1985 (source: http://www.rotherhamunofficial.co.uk/places/townhall.htm). This area was formerly the town's cattle market until this was moved to corporation street in 1927. The site's history as a cattle market stretches back to at least 1764 when it is shown as an open area on the Earl of Effingham's enclosure map and probably back to the middle ages.