The building, which used to be the headquarters of Sutherland County Council, is now divided into seven residential properties known as 1-7 The Old Post Office.

[6] Whilst the Sutherland commissioners met at the County Buildings in Dornoch, their clerk at the time, George Tait, was based in Golspie.

The central bay featured a doorway with a rectangular fanlight and a single sash window on the first floor.

In 1938 the council decided to combine its offices and meeting place in a new building at Dornoch, but following the outbreak of the Second World War the scheme was not implemented.

After the council acquired and refurbished Drummuie between August 2006 and March 2008,[18] the building on Main Street became surplus to requirements, was sold and subsequently converted into seven flats, called 1–7 The Old Post Office, one of which (number 6) is used as holiday accommodation.