Old Station House, Harbour Road, Wigtown

Old Station House, located on Harbour Road in Wigtown, was built between 1846 and 1848 by Thomas Brown Junior. This former county jail and police station is designed in the Neo-Tudor style and constructed from rubble with polished red sandstone angles and margins. The building has a T-plan layout and consists of two storeys plus an attic, with offices at the front and the prison located at the rear.

The front elevation features a projecting jamb in the shape of a T, with tall, thin outer bays flanking a gabled centre. Originally, the centre had symmetrical windows, but one has been enlarged on the first floor. The ground floor has a single bipartite window, while the first floor includes two single lights and a wide bipartite window, along with a small attic light. All windows are hoodmoulded, sash and case with plate glass glazing. The outer bays and the gable apex are topped with tall octagonal ashlar stacks.

At the rear, there is a five-bay, two-storey block with cells on the ground floor, which are lit by small rectangular windows positioned high up. The first floor has five single light windows, also sash and case, with a mix of two and link walls on the sides, featuring sandstone dressings. There is a pedestrian gate to the left and a vehicular opening to the right, with 12-pane glazing. The end skews and tall octagonal ashlar stacks are present, and the rubble walls support decorative cast-iron railings along with rusticated granite gatepiers.