Former Dornoch County Buildings and Court House, Castle Street, Dornoch

Designed by Thomas Brown II and constructed from 1849-50, it is a 2-storey, 3-bay, and roughly rectangular-plan, Gothic Tudor style former court house. The principal elevation is symmetrical with a projecting centre block and flanking lower 2-storey, single bay wings. It is constructed of tooled ashlar and polished ashlar dressings. There is an arcaded ground floor loggia to the centre block with 3 round headed arches linked by a hoodmould and string course. The central round headed doorway is recessed with a fanlight above and with similarly detailed narrow flanking windows. The first floor centre bay has triple round arched lancets rising into a crowstepped gable. There are long flanking windows under pedimented gablets with thistle and fleur-de-lys decorative finials. The flanking wings have round headed windows and similar gablets over the first floor windows. There is a simple bellcote on the east gable apex with crowsteps. There are corniced end stacks, a slate roof, and a stone ridge course. There is a First World War memorial plaque to the Seaforth Highlanders over the central arcade.

The interior was not seen in 2014, however it is known to have a first floor courtroom with a shallow pitched Gothic arch ribbed ceiling and painted bosses on the central ridge, with predominantly original 1850 courtroom fittings, and the 1914 carved Royal coat of arms of Scotland. There is a shallow timber gallery opposite the bench, with moulded panels. There is a stone stair with a cast iron balustrade and timber handrail. The secondary rooms, offices and passages include decorative cornicing and panelled doors, and a number of fireplaces (many now boarded up).