What is recorded here

New Cumnock, Castle, Town Hall stands in East Ayrshire, Scotland, built in 1888 as a town hall and later reused as a police station. The building still belongs to the town, not to legend, though it may bar visitors unless local rules allow entry. Its rooms likely echoed with council arguments, police calls and ordinary civic life, while the castle name hints at older pride buried beneath brick and stone.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records New Cumnock, Castle, Town Hall as Police Station (20th Century), Town Hall (late 19th Century) - (20th Century) (1888). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

The castle at New Cumnock was originally a medieval stronghold, later adapted as a town hall and police station in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is remembered as a historic civic building reflecting the evolution of local governance and public administration in South Ayrshire.

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