Inscription on bell. Preparatory drawing for 'Tolbooths and Town-Houses', RCAHMS, 1996. N.d. Signed: 'JB'

Description Inscription on bell. Preparatory drawing for 'Tolbooths and Town-Houses', RCAHMS, 1996. N.d. Signed: 'JB'

Date c. 1994

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number DC 29656

Category Prints and Drawings

Copies SC 337284

Scope and Content Inscription on burgh bell inside Dysart Tolbooth, Fife Built in 1576, Dysart Tolbooth replaced an earlier tolbooth. The main block - enlarged in 1765, replaced in 1885 - housed the magistrates, the council, a prison, weigh-house, and guard-house. One room, a coffee room in 1811, became a library in 1815. A medieval bell hangs in the belfry, probably taken from a church. Its Latin motto means 'the forerunner of the Lord God joys to us'. Its replacement, a larger bell cast in London in 1808, also replaced the local church bell which was cracked. Steeple, 1576; forestair and doorway, early 17th century; upper stages of steeple, 1743-4 by Mr Douglas; new main block, 1885, by Campbell Douglas and Sellars of Glasgow. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Scale 1:5

Medium Ink on polyester drafting paper

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