[2] The county hall contained several crystal chandeliers which were presented by the future local member of parliament, David Scott.

[6] The bellcote was removed and the pediment was enhanced by the installation of a clock in the tympanum in 1804, and a dedicated sheriff courthouse, designed by David Neave with a large tetrastyle portico, was erected to the immediate north of the town and county hall at a cost of £5,000 and was completed in 1824.

[2] The sheriff court moved to a new purpose built building adjacent to the county prison in Market Street in the north of the town in 1871.

[15] At a ceremony attended by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Scottish Command, Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Barber, in September 1952, a plaque was unveiled on the front of the town and county hall and four stained glass windows were unveiled inside the building to commemorate the lives of local service personnel who had died in the First and Second World Wars.

[21] Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, visited the town and county hall and had lunch with civic officials in July 2004.