[1] The foundation stone for the new institute building was laid by the former chairman of the local board, William Dibb Scales of Grove House, on 6 October 1879.

[1][3] It was designed by Hope and Jardine of Bradford and was officially opened by the local member of parliament, Herbert Gladstone, on 10 November 1880.

[8] The young men of Pudsey were called up at the town hall and undertook their medical examinations there during the First World War.

[9] The building continued to serve as the headquarters of Pudsey Borough Council for much of the 20th century although the spire, which had become unstable, had to be removed in 1965.

[13] The town hall continued to be used, briefly, as a base for the local integrated Health and Social Care teams,[13] but fell completely vacant by 2020.