View from WSW showing remains of forge with viaduct in background Sanquhar Town-house was built on the site of an earlier ruinous tolbooth. The 3rd Duke of Queensberry paid for the new building. The t ...
SC 786907
Description View from WSW showing remains of forge with viaduct in background Sanquhar Town-house was built on the site of an earlier ruinous tolbooth. The 3rd Duke of Queensberry paid for the new building. The timber came from Leith, and the stone from the quarry at Cleughfoot and probably also from the ruins of Sanquhar Castle. The oculus in the pediment lights the first stage of the steeple. The date 1735 was added in the early 20th century. The bell of 1694 was recast in 1857, a new clock installed and the forestair and railing renewed.
Date 15/4/1971
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 786907
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content The Tolbooth at Sanquhar This image shows The Tolbooth at Sanquhar, Dumfries & Galloway. To the left in the background is the Nithsdale Hotel on High Street. Sanquhar Town-house was built on the site of an earlier ruinous tolbooth. The 3rd Duke of Queensberry paid for the new building. The timber came from Leith, and the stone from the quarry at Cleughfoot and probably also from the ruins of Sanquhar Castle. The oculus in the pediment lights the first stage of the steeple. The date 1735 was added in the early 20th century. The bell of 1694 was recast in 1857, a new clock installed and the forestair and railing renewed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/71/31/29
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