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The County Buildings, Crosslet
Work began on the site on September 1962. The buildings were officially opened by the Queen on the 28th of June, 1965. The foundation stone had been laid by Dr Hugh Gillies, Convener of the County Council. The southeastern part of the complex, the single-storey county hall, was 60 feet (18m) square. The central building, oriented SWNE, was about 360 feet (110m) long by about 50 feet (15m) wide, and housed the Council Suite, Health and Welfare, and the Assessors, Education, Architects, Surveyors, and Engineering Departments. The northwestern part of the complex, with its long axis perpendicular to that of the central building, measured about 210 feet (64m) long by about 120 feet (37m) wide, and housed the County Clerks, Treasurers, Weights and Measures, and Children's Departments, and the Civil Defence Headquarters. A Mother-and-Child-themed statue by James Barclay stood near the main entrance, and was chosen to be symbolic of the council's role in the community. The offices were originally used by Dumbarton County Council, later by Strathclyde Regional Council, and finally by West Dunbartonshire Council. Over time, the concrete facing of the buildings deteriorated and presented some problems.
As part of the Knowle Burn Flood Alleviation Scheme, a flood storage pond
Link was built c.2014 on the lower ground just to the west, between the buildings and the angle formed where Garshake Road meets Stirling Road. The County Buildings themselves were demolished in 2019, after the construction Link of new Council Offices behind the facade of the old Dumbarton Academy: NS3975 : New Council Offices, Dumbarton.
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