Old Viewforth

Old Viewforth
The earliest part of Old Viewforth
Old Viewforth is located in Stirling
Old Viewforth
Shown in Stirling
56°06′48″N 3°56′13″W / 56.1134°N 3.9370°W / 56.1134; -3.9370
LocationStirling
History
Built1855
Site notes
ArchitectJ W Hay and James Miller
Architectural style
Scottish baronial style
Listed Building – Category B
Designated8 January 2002
Reference no.LB48323

Old Viewforth is a municipal facility on Pitt Terrace in Stirling, Scotland. The facility, which is the headquarters of Stirling Council, is a Category B listed building.[1]

History

The first house on the site, which was known as "Viewforth" was commissioned by the Rev John McMillan, Moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, in 1787.[2] The building was acquired by Peter Drummond, a seed merchant, who demolished the old house in 1853.[2] The earliest part of the current building, which was designed by John Hay in the Scottish baronial style, was built for Drummond and completed in 1855.[1][3] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with four bays facing St Ninian's Road; it featured a stone porch, supported by polished columns, on the ground floor with coat of arms and finial above; there was a narrow oriel window on the first floor and a bartizan on the left corner.[1] The house was remodelled in 1871. It was requisitioned by the government during the First World War and subsequently used as offices for various government departments until 1931, when it was purchased by Stirlingshire County Council for £5,250.[4][2][a]

A large extension, extending the building eastwards to a design by James Miller in an art deco style in order the create additional administrative facilities for the county council, was added in 1937.[1] The design for the extension involved an asymmetrical main frontage with eighteen bays facing south; the central section of three sections featured a doorway with an iron surround on the ground floor flanked by windows and full-height pilasters with a coat of arms above; there were windows on the first floor with a block pediment and frieze above.[1] Statues of William Wallace and Robert the Bruce were erected on either side of the doorway.[1][7] The principal room was the council chamber which jutted out to the north of the extension.[2] The extension cost £33,000 and was officially opened on 5 May 1937.[8]

The complex became the headquarters for the wider Central Regional Council when it was created in May 1975.[9] Following the reorganisation under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, which saw the abolition of the district councils in the area, the building became the headquarters of the new Stirling Council in 1996.[10]

A modern building known as "New Viewforth", designed in the Brutalist style, was constructed to the south of Old Viewforth and officially opened on 29 February 1972 but, after it became apparent that refurbishment would be uneconomic, it was demolished in 2014.[11] In February 2020 the council announced that, although the council's main building at Old Viewforth was being retained, a section of land on the east of the site would be marketed for sale as part of plans for the Viewforth Link Road.[12][13]

  • Extension to the building by James Miller completed in 1937
    Extension to the building by James Miller completed in 1937
  • "New Viewforth", demolished in 2014
    "New Viewforth", demolished in 2014

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Stirlingshire County Council, formed in 1890, had previously been based at County Buildings in Barnton Street,[5] a structure which was completed in 1875.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Historic Environment Scotland. "Pitt Terrace, Viewforth (Stirling Council Offices), including entrance gateways and boundary wall to the west (Category B Listed Building LB48323)". Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Viewforth: Council Buildings Old and New". Stirling Archives. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Old Viewforth, Stirling". E-architect. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  4. ^ "New County Buildings". Falkirk Herald. 17 January 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of Scotland". 1903. p. 1416. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Stirling". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Wallace and Bruce had little in common". Stirling Observer. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. ^ "New County Buildings opened". Falkirk Herald. 8 May 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994". Legislation.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Former Stirling Council building will vanish within weeks". The Courier. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Development Site" (PDF). Stirling Council. Retrieved 13 April 2020.[dead link]
  13. ^ "City centre land up for sale as part of controversial Viewforth link road plan". Daily Record. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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