That courthouse was then rebuilt in 1868 to the designs of David Rhind, incorporating an earlier jail building of 1815 to the rear.

[1] The rebuilt courthouse was named County Buildings and served as a sheriff's court and meeting place for the commissioners.

[8] It incorporated offices for the staff, committee rooms, and an oak-panelled council chamber with depictions of the coats of arms of the county's five burghs on the walls.

The older part at 121–123 High Street was remodelled internally at the same time and continued to serve as office space for the council.

[10] The 1952 extension is a two-storey building, mostly rendered but with red brick towers marking the main entrances.

As such, the main elevation of the 1952 building can only be viewed obliquely from Daar Road or glimpsed from the garden of the Selkirk Arms.

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