Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Dumfries HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p><span>Building tours including court rooms and cell areas.</span></p> OpeningTime1 10 am to 5 pm ArchitectName David Rhind OpeningDate1 1/9/2018 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 10524 Refreshments No Street The street address Buccleuch Street Postcode DG1 2AN Parking No DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dumfries Sheriff Court Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived dumfriesandgalloway Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1040 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.06962,-3.614888; Description An account of the resource <p>Dumfries Sheriff Court was designed by David Rhind of Edinburgh and built in 1863-6. It is a tall Baronial red sandstone building which boasts a giant pepperpot turret and cannon spouts. </p><p>Following an extensive internal renovation in 1994 the Court continues to ensure justice for the people of Dumfries and Galloway. In February 2010 Unification of Courts in the area took place and District Courts were abolished, Justice of the Peace Courts were established and since then all different levels of crime are now dealt with in the same building with the exception of the more serious that are still dealt with by the High Court.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1867