Sheriff Court Buildings, Stirling
By Thomas Brown II (Edinburgh), designed 1864. Design modified and built by Wardrop and Reid (Edinburgh), dated 1874-76. Dated 1912 former police station added to north. 2-storey and attic Franco-Baronial court house. Ashlar. Hoodmoulds to ground floor windows linked by string course. Cill course at first floor and attic. 6 and 9 light mullioned and transomed windows. Crowstepped gables with ball finials.
Stirling Sheriff Court is a significant example of civic architecture and forms a focal point in the streetscape of Stirling city centre. Designed by the prolific court architect, Thomas Brown II, it is elaborately detailed with carved stonework to the exterior including an imposing central entrance porch with mock gargoyles and elaborately carved strapwork pediments.
The Court was constructed in 1874-76 to an 1864 design by Thomas Brown II, of Brown and Wardrop. The 1864 design was for a court house adjoining an 1867 prison, also by Wardrop, on St John Street. Wardrop's successor architectural practice of Wardrop and Reid modified his 1864 design for the Viewfield Place site. It replaced an 1806 County Court House, which adjoins the early 18th century Tolbooth on St John Street.
Sheriff Court Buildings, Stirling
By Thomas Brown II (Edinburgh), designed 1864. Design modified and built by Wardrop and Reid (Edinburgh), dated 1874-76. Dated 1912 former police station added to north. 2-storey and attic Franco-Baronial court house. Ashlar. Hoodmoulds to ground floor windows linked by string course. Cill course at first floor and attic. 6 and 9 light mullioned and transomed windows. Crowstepped gables with ball finials.
Stirling Sheriff Court is a significant example of civic architecture and forms a focal point in the streetscape of Stirling city centre. Designed by the prolific court architect, Thomas Brown II, it is elaborately detailed with carved stonework to the exterior including an imposing central entrance porch with mock gargoyles and elaborately carved strapwork pediments.
The Court was constructed in 1874-76 to an 1864 design by Thomas Brown II, of Brown and Wardrop. The 1864 design was for a court house adjoining an 1867 prison, also by Wardrop, on St John Street. Wardrop's successor architectural practice of Wardrop and Reid modified his 1864 design for the Viewfield Place site. It replaced an 1806 County Court House, which adjoins the early 18th century Tolbooth on St John Street.