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Town Hall, still in use. The Town Hall was built in 1862 to a design by John Russell Mackenzie, replacing a townhouse of 1807. The present building is of baroque style of granite ashlar, comprising two storeys with projecting end bays topped with lions. The centrepiece has giant Doric pilasters and a balustraded parapet from which rises a fanciful, diagonally set cupola of Spanish baroque inspiration in painted wood. The library (a Carnegie Library) and museum were added in 1911 (architects George Gordon Jenkins and Harbourne Maclennan). The building was damaged by fire in 1929, and was reconstructed in 1930 by local architect George Gray.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)