Municipal Buildings, 8-10 Corn Exchange Road, Stirling

The first municipal building in the city was the Stirling Tolbooth in Broad Street which was completed in 1705. Burgh leaders then relocated to The Athenaeum in King Street in 1875. In the late 19th century, civic leaders decided to erect a more substantial municipal complex to address the growing needs of the city: the site they selected was occupied by a long narrow building, the old corn exchange. The old corn exchange had been the venue for the weekly grain markets in the 19th century but had also been used for public meetings and theatre performances. A statue of the former Prime Minister and local member of parliament, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, designed by Paul Raphael Montford…