Old Town Hall, 65-69 George Street, Whithorn

The Old Town Hall, located at 65-69 George Street in Whithorn, is an early 19th-century building that features a prominent bell tower. This former town hall is situated in the center of Whithorn on the west side of George Street and has an irregular T-shape in plan. The main block is two storeys high and consists of three bays facing the street, with a square bell tower and a two-storeyed wing at the rear. The structure is built of rubble with ashlar dressings, and the street elevation is harled with painted ashlar margins, quoins, a cornice, and a blocking course.

The east (front) elevation includes a tall round-arched doorway at the center, which has a geometric patterned fanlight and two-leaf doors that lead to an internal stairway to the first-floor courtroom. On either side of the doorway are 19th-century shop fronts; there is a tripartite shop front to the left with a central door and a single window to the right with a door flanking toward the center. Each bay on the first floor features a window, and the date '1814' is inscribed on the blocking course.

To the left of the main building is a lower two-storey property, while the right side has the gable line of a former two-storey property, now adjoined by a tall single-storey building. The courtroom windows have a 4-pane glazing pattern in sash and case style. The roof is covered with grey slates, and the building features ashlar coped skews and broad end stacks. A re-used date stone inscribed '1709' is built into the lower rear of the building.

The bell tower, which is four stages high, is centrally located on the rear wall of the main block. The top stage is slightly intaken above an ashlar band. The third stage has round-arched openings on three faces, while the fourth stage features circular clock faces. The tower is topped with a balustraded parapet and an ashlar conical spire that has a louvred ventilator panel.

The former bell from the tower is now housed in Whithorn Museum. It is dated 1708 and inscribed with the words "PETER VANDER GHEIN HEEFT MY GHEGOTEN INT IAER / 1708," which translates to "Peter Vander Ghein cast me in the year 1708."