Dundee City Chambers
Dundee City Chambers is a municipal facility in City Square, Dundee, Scotland. It is a Category B listed building.History
The building was commissioned to replace the old 18th century town house in the High Street. The old town house, which had been designed by William Adam, was demolished, in the face of some opposition, to make way for the west wing of the new building.
The new building, which was designed by Sir John James Burnet, was completed in 1933. It contains a series of stained class windows by Alex Russell of the Dundee College of Art: the City Coat of Arms, William Wallace laying siege to Dundee Castle in 1297, Robert the Bruce granting a charter to Dundee in 1327, Mary, Queen of Scots receiving the keys of Dundee in 1561 and Bonnie Dundee on his way to the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689.
The building was the headquarters of Dundee Corporation until it was replaced by Dundee District Council under the wider Tayside Regional Council in May 1975. It then remained the Dundee District Council headquarters until the abolition of the Tayside Region led to the formation of Dundee City Council in April 1996.
