Publication Account

Date 1986

Event ID 1017694

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017694

In 1689 the existing Tolbooth was declared by the Town Council to be 'ruinous' and a new one was ordered to be built. The result was one of the first Tolbooths to be treated in the 'strictly classical manner' - the steeple alone conceding something to 'traditional Scottish taste' (RCAHM, 1963, 293). The Tolbooth which stands facing Broad Street on the corner of Jail Wynd was erected in 1703-5, had an eastward extension laid out in 1785 (RCAHM, 1963, 293). A jail and court houses were added between 1806 and 1811.

Information from Scottish Burgh Survey, ‘Historic Stirling: The Archaeological Implications of Development’, (1978).