[1][3] In the early 20th century, civic leaders decided to commission a more substantial building: the site selected was occupied by a market hall designed by Thomas Fulljames and completed in 1848.

[5] It was designed by Charles Ernest Elcock in the Arts and Crafts style, built by Morton Brown of Chester in roughcast brick with a reinforced concrete frame and was completed in September 1917.

The second and third floor windows were flanked by pilasters supporting an entablature inscribed with the words "Denbigh Borough Markets", with a parapet above.

[7][8] After a purpose-built cinema was established in the town, film shows ceased in the 1940s and the dome was removed from the roof for reasons of safety in the 1950s.

[4] Visiting speakers included the suffragette, Leonora Cohen, who retired to Colwyn Bay and gave a talk in the town hall in Denbigh in 1970.