_1994 Falkirk Burgh Buildings "<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">Described variously as \u201cRogue\u201d or \u201cPunchy\u201d Scottish Baronial, this building is certainly distinctive. It was completed in 1879 according to designs by the Falkirk architect Alexander Black. The oriel bay resting on a squat flowering column looks like a pulpit \u2013 just right for the Provost of Falkirk. Perhaps the ironwork crown on the truncated pyramid roof is also symbolic. That this was the administrative building for the burgh of Falkirk is shown by the large coat-of-arms set high in the gable. A description of Falkirk published in 1879 aptly stated that \u201cpains have been taken to produce a bold and effective exterior without any lavish expenditure.\u201d The total cost was a little over \u00a33,000.<\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"> <\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">As well as housing the Town Clerk\u2019s office it contained the Fiscal\u2019s office, the Collector\u2019s rooms, the court room, witnesses\u2019 room, committee room and council chamber. On the upper floor was a flat for the caretaker. Today the building is home to the Registrar, where births, marriages and deaths are recorded. The parts open to the public are the main hall and marriage rooms.<\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"> <\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">Open courtesy of the Chief Executive, Falkirk Council.<\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"> <\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">Wheelchair access to ground floor and lift to first floor. Parking in town centre.<\/p>" Organization "<p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">Described variously as \u201cRogue\u201d or \u201cPunchy\u201d Scottish Baronial, this building is certainly distinctive. It was completed in 1879 according to designs by the Falkirk architect Alexander Black. The oriel bay resting on a squat flowering column looks like a pulpit \u2013 just right for the Provost of Falkirk. Perhaps the ironwork crown on the truncated pyramid roof is also symbolic. That this was the administrative building for the burgh of Falkirk is shown by the large coat-of-arms set high in the gable. A description of Falkirk published in 1879 aptly stated that \u201cpains have been taken to produce a bold and effective exterior without any lavish expenditure.\u201d The total cost was a little over \u00a33,000.<\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"> <\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">As well as housing the Town Clerk\u2019s office it contained the Fiscal\u2019s office, the Collector\u2019s rooms, the court room, witnesses\u2019 room, committee room and council chamber. On the upper floor was a flat for the caretaker. Today the building is home to the Registrar, where births, marriages and deaths are recorded. The parts open to the public are the main hall and marriage rooms.<\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"> <\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">Open courtesy of the Chief Executive, Falkirk Council.<\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal"> <\/p><p style="margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;" class="MsoNormal">Wheelchair access to ground floor and lift to first floor. Parking in town centre.<\/p>" 56.00071 -3.786219