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Architecture Notes
Event ID 702498
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Architecture Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/702498
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Built c.1780. Due to subsisdence caused by mine-workings it was demolished and the tower rebuilt c.1882 on a slightly different site (25 yards further South, onto the line of the road).
Later demolished, along with Douglas Hotel, because they were considered unstable.
