Current town hall built in 1949-1953 on the site of the old aldermen's house and two former inns, "A la Concorde" on the left and "café Roma" on the right in the north-west corner of the Market. From an initial ideas competition for the construction of a new town hall in 1942, no preliminary design was selected. The jury proposed a new competition with a detailed programme and fixed location. In 1950, the plans of architect F. Blockx (Wilrijk), clearly inspired by the old building, were approved. The contractor was G. Vancoppenolle-Spileers.
Little is known about the history of the old aldermen's house. Ronse received its first city charter in 1240 from Geraard van Wattripont, local lord and representative of the Kornelimünster Abbey. The building, demolished in 1949, was according to old documents a 17th-century traditional building of five bays with two storeys under a saddle roof between side stepped gables with a crowning roof turret and a portal added in 1808-1810 with four Tuscan columns and a crowning iron balcony and three round arched entrance doors.
Current complex with a clearly representative section on the Market and a transverse building with an administrative function at the back.
Source: Inventory of Immovable Heritage