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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 703572
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/703572
NS56NW 25 5075 6766.
(NS 5075 6766) The original Town Hall of Renfrew was built in 1670. It was originally used as a jail, with keeper's house and small hall, and continued to be used as such until 1839. A new wing was added in 1826, allowing the provision of a Town Hall on the upper floor with the Council Chambers on the ground floor. By 1688, the old town hall had fallen into decay, and repairs were carried out. Courts were held there till 1748. The present Town Hall was built on the site in 1872-3 (NS56NW 311). The key of the old tolbooth is now in Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum.
J A Dunn 1971.
