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NO45SE0072 - COUNTY BUILDINGS, MARKET STREET, FORFAR
Angus HER - NO45SE0072 - COUNTY BUILDINGS, MARKET STREET, FORFAR
Site Details
Date and Period
Location Map
Site Management
Information Sources
Spatial Information
Maritime
Period Details
Period
Order
Probability
Radiocarbon Dates
Date Built
Date of Destruction
Date of Loss
19th Century
B
100
1843
Post-Medieval (from 1560 AD)
A
100
19th Century
C
100
1871
Period Notes
Period Notes
Prison built in 1842-3, and the court in 1869-71. The prison was closed in 1883, and converted to offices in 1884. The court house was listed on 11/06/1971, and the offices (former prison) on 15/01/1980.
Architect Details
Architect Details
Prison built by David Smith and converted to offices by John Carver. The court house was built by James Maitland Wardrop (Brown and Wardrop).