[3] In the early 20th century the commissioners decided to procure purpose-built municipal chambers for the burgh: the site they selected was further north along Shore Street.

[6] The new building was designed in the Scottish Baronial style, built in red sandstone rubble masonry with ashlar dressings and was completed in 1924.

[1] The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with five bays facing onto Shore Street; the central bay featured, on the ground floor, a deeply recessed doorway with a cavetto-surround supporting a panel with a carved coat of arms; there was a cross-window on the first floor and a date stone above.

There was a gable containing a small two-part window above the first two bays on the left and a short corbeled and castellated tower with a hexagonal roof on the corner to the right.

[9] An extensive programme of refurbishment works, which involved the restoration of stained glass windows on the staircase as well as preservation of the wood panelling in the council chamber, was undertaken to a design by Richard Robb Architects at a cost of £600,000 and was completed in November 2016.