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Church Street, DUMBARTON, G82 1QQ

Across the road from Dumbarton Sheriff Court.

A sign beside the entrance to Dumbarton Sherrif Court and Justice of the Peace Court.

Ordered by date, the panels on this recently-installed banner are as follows (I have added some links with further information); note that the "Old Academy Building" is another name for the Old Burgh Hall, the building shown in the present photograph: 1220: Dumbarton Castle – http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Dumbarton-Rock-and-Castle 1623: Glencairn House – http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/276 1777: Glass Works – http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/930603 1865: Old Academy Building – http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2033511 1869: Cutty Sark 1882: Denny Ship Model Experimental Tank – http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1135975 1908: Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1938: Ballantine's Whisky Distillery – http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1442360 This banner, on the northern wing of the building, is one of a pair; for the one on the southern wing, see Image

This is the former Image After the fire described at that link, the building shown in Image was built behind the surviving facade. At the time the present picture was taken, that building had, in turn, been demolished, and the site was being redeveloped; the new West Dunbartonshire Council Offices are to be located there. Click on the end-note title for related pictures. The tall crane shown here was a prominent feature of the landscape for several months.

See Image for context. The work described in the end-note will involve conservation and repair of the original stonework of the surviving facade of the old Burgh Hall, part of which is shown here. Note the elephant and "castle" (tower) detail, also shown in Image

See Image for context. The work described in the end-note will involve conservation and repair of the original stonework of the surviving facade of the old Burgh Hall, part of which is shown here; this picture will serve for comparison with later photographs. Note the elephant and "castle" (tower) detail at the top, from Dumbarton's Burgh arms: compare Image and Image, and see the comments at the second of those links. The carved stone faces at the lower left and lower right are shown separately, in Image and Image, respectively.

This detail is shown at the lower left in Image; for its opposite number on the right, see Image For context, see Image The work described in the end-note is to involve conservation and repair of the stonework here on the surviving facade of the building.

This detail is shown at the lower right in Image; for its opposite number on the left, see Image For context, see Image The work described in the end-note is to involve conservation and repair of the stonework here on the surviving facade of the building.

This facade had recently been freed of scaffolding (compare Image) at about the same time as the new council offices behind it were approaching completion: Image

Looking towards Dumbarton Burgh Hall. Compare with a similar photograph Image taken in 2017.