Archaeology Notes

Event ID 695553

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/695553

NR72SW 32 71916 20363

Town Hall [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, April 2010.

INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE ARCHITECTURE CATALOGUE:

ARCHITECT: John Brown, Inveraray 1778-80

Campbell Douglas & Sellars, 1867

(Undated) information in NMRS.

(NR 7191 2036) Town House, Campbeltown: This building was erected in 1758-60 to replace an earlier tolbooth standing on the same site. The original timber spire was replaced by the present stone structure in 1778. In 1866 the building was enlarged by the addition of a SW wing and the interior was re-modelled. The original main block is rectangular on plan, measuring 16.0m from NE to SW by 13.0m transversely over all, while the octagonal steeple projects from the SE front. The masonry is of stuccoed rubble with painted freestone dressings, and the roof is gable-ended (further architectural details given). The extension of 1866 is similar in style to the original building and contains no features of particular interest.

RCAHMS 1971, visited 1966.