Archaeology Notes

Event ID 710837

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT07NW 13.00 00219 77204

NT07NW 13.01 00213 77225 District Court (Old County Hall)

(NT 00209 77227) Town House (NAT) (1668)

OS 25" map (1856)

Linlithgow Town Hall was built in 1668-70, and, according to Waldie, entirely altered in 1807. After a fire in 1847, it was restored in 1848 with a Renaissance type facade. On plan, there is an original oblong block of three storeys, with a central tower, a slightly later addition, projecting from the N side. It replaced the Old Town House, demolished by Cromwell in 1650, and is now being extensively renovated (SDD List 1963).

RCAHMS 1929, visited 1927; G Waldie 1894

This building is generally as described. There are several blocked-up doors and windows in the N and W walls. One of these windows has a stone bearing the following inscription: "Doorway to debtors' prison struck out in 1792, built up 1812".

Visited by ODS (BS) 21 March 1974