[2][3] After the tolbooth became dilapidated, it was demolished, and a new town house was erected in Church Street: it was built in the Scottish medieval style using rubble masonry and was completed in 1720.

[3][4] On the ground floor there was a market hall and, adjacent to it, a vaulted cell which was used for the incarnation of petty criminals.

By the early 19th century the building was in a poor state: the cell was described as "quite unfit for the regular confinement of prisoners" and was locally known as the "Black Hole".

The new design involved a symmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Church Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, featured round headed opening with voussoirs enclosing a doorway, and, on the first floor, there was a tall round headed sash window which rose into the pediment above.

[11] The building was subsequently converted for use as a public library and, in 2018, was the venue for the launch of the new Inverbervie Folk Museum.