Annan is a town and former royal burgh in Dumfries as well as Galloway, south-west Scotland. Historically part of Dumfriesshire, its public structures consist of Annan Academy, of which the author Thomas Carlyle was a student, as well as a Georgian building currently known as "Bridge House". The Town Hall was built in Victorian design in 1878, utilizing the neighborhood sandstone. Annan also features a Historic Resources Centre. In Port Street, a few of the home windows remain obstructed as much as avoid paying the home window tax obligation. Annually on the very first Saturday in July, Annan commemorates the Royal Charter and the boundaries of the Royal Burgh are verified when a mounted cavalcade undertakes the Riding of the Marches. Home entertainment includes a procession, sporting activities, field displays and massed pipe bands.