Colour photograph showing the façade and a side elevation of the Opera House in Buxton. Taken from across the road, it shows the main façade to the right with a block containing the entrance to the adjoining gardens and a newly restored conservatory to the left. It is an Edwardian exterior in stone with the main entrance flanked by twin, leaded domes on low, columned drums. A large, central, semi-circular opening at first floor level contains a balustraded balcony, with an iron canopy below covering various entrances marked UPPER CIRCLE, DRESS CIRCLE AND STALLS and PRIVATE BOXES. The name OPERA HOUSE appears in gold tablature between the drums and below a central group sculpture. To the left of this main entrance block is a single-storey block in stone with glass domes over each front corner and a canopy to match the main entrance. This block leads to a glazed conservatory in the background to the left.