Sites and Monument Record: Dobbie Hall (SMR 239)
Description
A & W Black, Architects, Falkirk. 1901. Plain, 6-bay deep, stugged ashlar hall with piended slate roof set behind exuberant 2-bay deep neo-baroque front. 5-bay front elevation with end bays advanced. Ground floor-chanelled ashlar with deep ashlar base, moulded cill course and cornice. Plain ashlar 1st floor with moulded cill course and rusticated quoins, the former carried round the hall at the rear. Central door set in arched Gibbsian surround flanking Ionic pilasters and curved broken pediment. 1st floor tripartite window above with triangular pediment and upper cartouche set between engaged Ionic columns and surmounted by large curved broken pediment at wallhead. Deep bracketed main cornice and balustrade parapet. All windows 2-pane sashes, outer ground floor bays with engaged pilasters in reveals. 1st floor window bays pedimented, outer bays with cartouche and flat side pilasters, inner bays with lugged architraves.
Interior: Entrance hall with cloakrooms at ground floor, upper lesser hall at first floor, all with original detailing and plasterwork.
Main hall: 5 Ionic columns support curved end, u-shaped gallery with original seating and elaborate neo-baroque front. Lavish proscenium arch with engaged Corinthian columns and upper initiated cartouche. Richly decorated coffered ceiling.
Object detail
In 1985 a proposal by Falkirk Council to alter the Hall for use as a sports centre was rejected by the Secretary of State. In 1991 the Policy & Resources Committee agreed to spend £150,000 on rehabilitation works on the condition that representatives of the local community took over the management of the hall. A 21 year lease was arranged with the Trust.
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