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finish and was officially opened on 8 August 1859. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with six bays facing onto the High Street. The first bay was fenestrated with single windows on all three floors and was gabled; the second bay, which was recessed on the upper floors, was fenestrated
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Bridgegate and which dated back to the 15th century. By the early 17th century, the tollbooth was in a dilapidated state. The second municipal building was a structure known as The Steeple which stood on the north side of the High Street adjacent to Cuddy Bridge and which was completed
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The fourth and current municipal building on the south side of the High Street started life as a domestic property in the 16th century. It belonged to the Cross Kirk and was known as the Dean's House before being acquired by
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along the roof, the extension incorporated shops on the ground floor and additional library space on the first floor. A memorial to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who died in the
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Over the next few years, Chambers remodelled the building and its grounds to provide facilities for the social improvement of the town. The remodelled structure was designed by John Paris in the
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was formed at the former County Hall in
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between 1488 and 1496: it served as the town jail and meeting place of the burgh council until the mid-18th century. This in turn was replaced by a third municipal building, the
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on the ground floor: the section was fenestrated with single windows on the first floor and dormer windows on the second floor and featured a
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at the top left corner. The last bay, which was projected forward, took the form of a four-stage tower with an
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Ownership of the complex passed to the burgh council in 1911. The burgh council then took up an offer by the
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Works of Art in the art gallery include a portrait by John A. Horsburgh of
William Chambers, a portrait by
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visited the building to open the John Buchan Museum, a new part of the
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523:. Scotland Starts Here
379:of the industrialist,
105:Architectural style(s)
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