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Publication Account

Date 1981

Event ID 1017880

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Publication Account

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017880

Located centrally in the High Street, Dunbar's Town House is a splendid example of the type of Renaissance architecture rendered in Scotland about 1620 (RCAM, 1924, 28). Constructed of local red freestone, on plan the building is oblong with its major axis running north to south. A semi-hexagonal tower containing a staircase on the two lower storeys and a clock chamber on the uppermost storey is a principal feature. The main block of the building is three storeys with dormer windows (RCAM, 1924, 28).

Information from ‘Historic Dunbar: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1981).

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