Field Visit
Date 8 October 2002
Event ID 613734
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Tolbooth and square tower on top of which is a four-faced clock, erected to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. On the lower part of the tower (built 1720) is a carved relief of the Queensferry arms (St Margaret on the right (W), cross and birds on the left (E))
H & R Milbar, Castle Bank Works were clockmakers. Robert Brown (of Forth Bridge Works) was the architect of the Jubilee Clock.
Inspected By : T.S.
Inscriptions : Below clock (raised letters) on each side of building:
JUBILEE CLOCK 1887
Signatures : None
Design period : Tolbooth 1636; remodelled 1720. Jubilee Clock 1887
Information from Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA Work Ref : EDIN1143)
