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31: 169: 225:. However, in 1846, a sheriff-substitute was appointed, who was resident in Kilmarnock. The first hearing took place in November 1847. Initially, the sheriff-substitute had no courthouse, and, after finding this arrangement unsatisfactory, court officials decided to commission a new courthouse. The site they selected, on the north side of St Marnock Street, had been occupied by the former terminus of the 176: 283:. On the ground floor, the two bays on either side of the central bay were fenestrated by recessed round headed windows flanked by rectangular columns with imposts supporting arches with keystones. On the first floor, the bays on either side of the central bay were fenestrated by sash windows with 290:
The building was extended to the rear in 1870, 1910 and, again, in 1985. As the number of court cases in Kilmarnock grew, it became necessary to commission a modern courthouse for criminal matters, and hearings moved to the new
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The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of seven bays on the ground floor, and three bays on the first floor, with the end bays slightly projected forward as
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St Marnock Street, Procurator Fiscal's office (former court house) including boundary walls and railings
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and was opened by Sheriff Thomas Anderson, who held his first hearing there on 5 May 1852.
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in December 1986. The old sheriff court was subsequently converted for use as the local
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in Scotland. The building, which currently accommodates the
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Ayrshire & Arran An Illustrated Architectural Guide
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List of listed buildings in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
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Kilmarnock
55°36′28″N 4°29′57″W / 55.6079°N 4.4992°W / 55.6079; -4.4992
William Railton
Neoclassical style
Listed Building
Old Sheriff Court, Kilmarnock is located in East Ayrshire
Kilmarnock
procurator fiscal
listed building
Ayrshire
Ayr
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
William Railton
neoclassical style
sandstone
pavilions
portico
imposts
keystones
sash window
Corinthian order
entablature
modillioned
pediment
acroteria
cornices
Kilmarnock Sheriff Court
procurator fiscal
List of listed buildings in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire

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