County Buildings, Peebles

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County Hall, Peebles
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County Hall, Peebles
LocationRosetta Road, Peebles
Coordinates 55°39′26″N3°11′48″W / 55.6571°N 3.1966°W / 55.6571; -3.1966 Coordinates: 55°39′26″N3°11′48″W / 55.6571°N 3.1966°W / 55.6571; -3.1966
Built1935
Architect Peddie and Todd
Architectural style(s) Baroque style
Listed Building – Category B
Official nameRosetta Road, Tweeddale District Council Offices, with Gatepiers, Boundary Walls and Lamp Standards
Designated5 August 1993
Reference no.LB39256
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County Hall is a municipal structure in Rosetta Road in Peebles, Scotland. The building, which was the meeting place of Peeblesshire County Council, is a Category B listed building. [1]

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History

The building has its origins in the Peebles Combination Poorhouse which was designed by William Lambie Moffat and completed in 1856. [2] [3] It was described at the time as a square ornamental building. [4] The poorhouse served as military hospital for service personnel who had been wounded on the Western Front during the First World War [5] and was then acquired by the Peeblesshire County Education Authority in 1921. [2]

Following the implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, which established county councils in every county, the new county leaders needed to identify offices for Peeblesshire County Council. [6] The county officers were initially based at the courthouse in the High Street [7] [8] but, as the responsibilities of the council increased, it became necessary to find dedicated facilities and so the council leaders decided to remodel the old poorhouse at Rosetta Road. The remodelled structure was designed by Peddie and Todd in the Baroque style, built in ashlar stone with a harled finish and was completed in 1935. [1] [9]

The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto Rosetta Road with the end bays projected forward as single story pavilions; the central section of five bays featured a central doorway with an architrave flanked by brackets supporting a large cornice. The central section was fenestrated with single sash windows with architraves while the end pavilions were fenestrated by three-light sash windows. At roof level, there was a large octagonal cupola on a balustraded base with an ogee-shaped dome. [1] Internally, the principal room was a wooden panelled council chamber. [1]

Following the implementation of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the county council was abolished and the building became the offices and meeting place of Tweeddale District Council. [10] [11] In 1996, Scottish Borders Council became the unitary authority for the area and the building became the local area office for the enlarged council as well as the local police headquarters. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Historic Environment Scotland. "Rosetta Road, Tweeddale District Council Offices, with Gatepiers, Boundary Walls and Lamp Standards (LB39256)" . Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Peebles Combination Workhouse, Pebblesshire". Workhouses. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Peebles Union Workhouse". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Peebles Union Poorhouse". Peebles County Newspaper and General Adverstiser. 20 October 1858.
  5. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Peebles, Rosetta Road, Tweedale District Council Offices (98244)". Canmore . Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  6. ↑ Shennan, Hay (1892). Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland: as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889. Edinburgh: William Green & Sons – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "The Court House, including former jail and boundary wall to rear, High Street, Peebles (LB39185)" . Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  8. ↑ Chambers, William (1864). A History of Peeblesshire. William and Robert Chambers. p. 287.
  9. ↑ Cruft, Kitty; Dunbar, John; Fawcett, Richard (2006). Borders (Buildings of Scotland Series). Yales University Press. p. 619. ISBN   978-0300107029.
  10. ↑ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "No. 19985". The Edinburgh Gazette . 23 November 1976. p. 1570.
  12. ↑ "Peebles Police Station". Police Scotland. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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