At that meeting the question of where the council should meet was debated, with some arguing that Newtown St Boswells would be a better location, as St Boswells railway station was a junction with direct services to all parts of the county, whereas Jedburgh railway station was on a minor branch line and harder to reach from much of the county, despite being more central.

In 1896 the council feued land from the Duke of Buccleuch on Bowden Road, opposite St Boswells station, and built a small building there called the County Rooms, containing rooms for the medical officer, sanitary inspector, and secretary, as well as a laboratory and a board room, which was used for committee meetings but not full council meetings.

[5] The county council's functions were significantly expanded in May 1930 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929.

It took over a range of services previously provided by the town councils of the county's burghs, and also took over the functions of the education authority, which was abolished.

However, the prevailing view was that as the council already owned offices at Newtown St Boswells, moving meetings there was the most cost efficient way of bringing the council's meeting place and main offices together.

The 1928 building remains in place, but subsequent extensions have almost completely hidden it from public viewpoints.

[10] Roxburghshire County Council was abolished in 1975, when local government in Scotland was reorganised into upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts.