[7] The new building was designed by George E. Statham in the Gothic Revival style, built by J. Walker & Son of Wirksworth in ashlar stone at a cost of £6,000 and was opened by the John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland on 18 September 1890.

[12] The building continued to serve as the local seat of government until the enlarged West Derbyshire District Council was formed in 1974.

In 2005, the cast of the film, Pride and Prejudice, used the town hall as a dressing room, where they could put on their period costumes.

[14] In 2008, the building was transferred under a long lease to the newly-formed Bakewell Town and Community Trust, which initiated an extensive programme of restoration works.

[16] Works of art in the town hall include a painting by Charles Beatson of Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Brooke-Taylor,[17] who was chief recruiting officer for the Derbyshire District during the First World War.