The current building dates from 1900 and it was designed by
James Pearson Alison. This was the same year as
Jedburgh Library was opened. It was built on the foundations of a previous building and basement rooms are from that former use as a malt barn. These rooms had been used as the town armoury. The town needed a public building as the Corn Exchange, which had stood in the market place, burnt down in 1898. In 1918 it was a scene of celebration when war hero
John Daykins VC was honoured at the hall. VC welcomed at the hall in 1918 The novelist, playwright and creator of
Peter Pan,
J. M. Barrie, visited the town hall when he became a freeman of the town on 15 October 1928. It was at the town hall that, in a
by-election in March 1965, the future leader of the
Liberal Democrats,
David Steel, was declared elected, aged just 25, as the youngest
Member of Parliament in the UK
House of Commons. In 1975 an
information centre was attached The hall was run and owned by the local council but in 2015 the costs of ownership became onerous and it and the management of many other public buildings in the borders were transferred to a trust. The building was available to let and it was the location for the local flower show, birl'n'beer and music evenings. In early 2020 it was proposed that the hall might be sold, but a petition caused the council to pause the proposed closures. Then, in September 2020, the council reported that it was considering proposals, submitted by a community group known as "Jedburgh Legacy Group", to take over the management of some of Jedburgh's historic buildings. ==Facilities==