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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Dumbarton
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>Note : Guided tours on Saturday morning, September the 1st. </p><p>Guided tours are being arranged for Saturday the 1st September 2018.</p><p>Morning only. First come, first served. The staff reserve the right to limit group size.<br />Meet at the entrance : 10:30 or 11:00.</p>
OpeningTime1
10:00 - 12:00
ArchitectName
William Leiper; Keppie Design
OpeningDate1
1/9/2018
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
16597
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
16 Church Street
Postcode
G82 1QL
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
West Dunbartonshire Council Offices
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
westdunbartonshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
3616
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.86362,-4.261207;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>How to get there : Church Street, in central Dumbarton, next to sheriff court.</p><p>Designed by William Leiper, architect, 1865. Damaged by fire 11.12.1882, and restored. Further deterioration over the years leading to it lying empty. Eventually gutted internally and its eternal walls and tower stablised. After many more years the remaining structure was just recently restored and became the frontage to new modern offices for the council.</p><p>French Gothic in style, this former academy was also known as the Burgh Halls. It is now known as the West Dunbartonshire Council Offices - or simply 16 Church Street to differentiate it from other council property.</p><p><img style="width: 0px; height: 15px;" src="/media/4225/burghh_dscf7461.jpg?width=0&height=15" alt="" rel="16624" data-id="16624" /><img style="width: 155px; height: 232px;" src="/media/4225/burghh_dscf7461.jpg?width=155&height=232" alt="" width="159" height="238" rel="16624" data-id="16624" /> <img style="width: 391px; height: 233px;" src="/media/4223/burghh_dscf7458.jpg?width=391&height=233" alt="" rel="16622" data-id="16622" /></p><p>The new extension, now covering a greater area than the older frontage, is in a simple, yet complimentary style. The historical and modern are intermingled.</p><p>Note opening hours Monday to Friday are during normal working hours. This gives you access to the foyer only, but there are views into the atrium and to an exhibition by the current architects. </p><p> </p>