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stone and was officially opened on 30 October 1937. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of nine bays facing onto Bo’ness Road. The central section of three bays, which was projected forward, featured a square-headed doorway, flanked by a pair of
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was established in 1975. However, it continued to be used for the delivery of local services, and to accommodate the council's employment and training unit.
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The glazier, Daneil O'May, was commissioned to design a stained-glass window for the staircase in the building. The window incorporated the
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After the Grangemouth area was advanced to the status of small burgh in 1930, civic leaders, who had previously met in
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The new building was designed by Robert Wilson and David Tait in the
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Grangemouth
56°01′08″N 3°43′17″W / 56.0190°N 3.7213°W / 56.0190; -3.7213
Italianate style
Grangemouth Municipal Buildings is located in Falkirk
Grangemouth
Grangemouth Town Hall
Italianate style
ashlar
casement windows
balcony
parapet
castellated
coat of arms
steamboat
Charlotte Dundas
King George VI
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Falkirk District Council
"Grangemouth Burgh"
"Ordnance Survey Six-inch 1st edition, 1843–1882"
"Grangemouth Municipal Buildings. Wilson & Tait, Architects, Grangemouth"
"Official opening of the Municipal Buildings, Grangemouth"
"David Alexander Tait"
the original
Historic Environment Scotland
"Grangemouth, Bo'ness Road, Municipal Chambers (219865)"
Canmore

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