[3][4] Stocksbridge became an urban district in 1894[5][6] and, in the mid-1920s, civic leaders decided to erect a new town hall just to the southeast of the old council offices.

[7] The new building was designed by Henry Maynard Aitchison, the municipal architect and surveyor, in the neoclassical style, built by David Brearley & Sons in ashlar stone and was officially opened on by James Hinchliffe, the chair of the council, on 26 March 1928.

The second bay on the left featured a round headed doorway with voussoirs and a keystone flanked by full-height pilasters constructed in rubble masonry.

[10] In the early 21st century, a major programme of works, involving the reconstruction of a 1960s two-storey extension at the rear and the refurbishment of the main building, was initiated.

[13] Works of art in the town hall include three paintings of industrial scenes by the local artist, Robert Penistone.