The complex, which was used as the headquarters of Ross and Cromarty County Council as well as the local courthouse before being converted for residential use in 2015, is a Category B listed building.

[2] The new building was designed by Thomas Brown II in the Gothic Revival style, built in ashlar stone and was completed in 1845.

The outer bays of the central section were fenestrated by oriel windows on both floors and there were gables above.

[4] The building was the venue for the inquiry into the deaths of the eight people who died as a result of the Loch Maree Hotel botulism poisoning in 1922.

[7] The Ferry Road building continued to accommodate the sheriff court until its closure in January 2015,[8][9] and was subsequently converted for residential use.