Basic Site Details
| Name: | Dumfries Municipal Chambers |
| Town, district or village: | Dumfries |
| City or county: | Dumfriesshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | C Listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Municipal building | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Dumfries Municipal Chambers, Buccleuch Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| c. 1930 | Date of Leslie Grahame Thomson (competition?) drawings anad Waddell & Young competition drawings | ||
| 1931 | 1932 | Construction | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| Leslie Grahame Thomson (or Leslie Grahame-Thomson; later Leslie Grahame MacDougall) | c. 1930 | Competition drawings (not successful) | |||
| John Jeffrey Waddell | B | c. 1930 | Competition drawings (not successful) | ||
| Thomas Peach Weir Young | B | c. 1930 | Competition drawings (not successful) | ||
| Waddell & Young | B | c. 1930 | Competition drawings (not successful) | ||
| James Carruthers | 1931 | 1932 | Won competition and secured job | ||
| Thomas Irvine Livingstone Morton | 1931 | Competition design - not successful | |||
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gifford, John | 1996 | Dumfries and Galloway (The Buildings of Scotland) | p270 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Architect and Building News | 1931 | Jan-Jun | p376 | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 26099 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Leslie Grahame Thomson MacDougall Collection | LGM 1930/21/1 | |
| National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Waddell Collection | 3 competition drawings (Waddell & Young) | |