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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| COUNTY BUILDINGS [Perth] | County Building County Building County Building County Building | Mr. Reid Town Clerk Mr. Greig Town Clerk Mr. Readdie City Surveyor Peacock's history of Perth |
098 | [Situation]South side of the East end of South St. A handsome and well Constructed edifice, erected in 1819-20 at a cost of£32,000 The design was by Sir R. [Swirke] after the model of a Grecian temple. The principal part of the building Confronts the River Tay and is Constructed of fine polished Sandstone and has an elegant portico whose pediment is supported by twelve massive fluted Columns, a spacious entrance hall opens from the portico and a flight of steps leads thence to the gallery of the justiciary hall. The gallery can accommodate 1.000 persons. The hall itself or Court-room has the form of a large segment of a circle. The prisoners box Communicates by a descending flight of Steps and a passage with the County Prison. The jury's and some of the witness rooms are beneath the gallery and the judges rooms and others of the witness rooms are behind the judges' bench, In the Justiciary Hall or Court the Judges or Lords Commissioners from the High Court hold sittings both in Spring and Autumn in Course of their Circuits. - The County Hall occupies the south wing [Continued over] |
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