Dundee City Chambers

Dundee City Chambers is a municipal facility in City Square, Dundee, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building.[1]

Dundee City Chambers
Dundee City Chambers
LocationDundee
Coordinates56.4600°N 2.9698°W / 56.4600; -2.9698
Built1933
ArchitectSir John James Burnet
Listed Building – Category B
Designated30 March 1994
Reference no.LB25262
Shown in Dundee

History

The building was commissioned to replace the old 18th century town house in the High Street.[2] The old town house, which had been designed by William Adam, was demolished, in the face of some opposition, to make way for the west wing of the new building.[3]

The new building, which was designed by Sir John James Burnet, was completed in 1933.[1] It contains a series of stained class windows by Alex Russell of the Dundee College of Art: the City Coat of Arms, William Wallace laying siege to Dundee Castle in 1297, Robert the Bruce granting a charter to Dundee in 1327, Mary, Queen of Scots receiving the keys of Dundee in 1561 and Bonnie Dundee on his way to the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689.[4]

The building was the headquarters of Dundee Corporation until it was replaced by Dundee District Council under the wider Tayside Regional Council in May 1975.[5] It then remained the Dundee District Council headquarters until the abolition of the Tayside Region led to the formation of Dundee City Council in April 1996.[6]

References
  1. Historic Environment Scotland. "14-22 (inclusive numbers) City Square, 22-24 (inclusive numbers) High Street and 2-18 (even numbers) Crichton Street, West Wing of City Square  (Category B) (LB19990)". Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. "Dundee High Street, Town House". Canmore. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. O'Connor, Susan (2017). "Architecture, power and ritual in Scottish town halls, 1833-1973" (PDF). University of Bath. p. 43.
  4. "Council Chambers". Dundee City Council. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. "Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  6. "Dundee council may webcast meetings live…would you tune in?". Evening Telegraph. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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