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Linlithgow, High Street, Sheriff Court
Court House (19th Century)
Site Name Linlithgow, High Street, Sheriff Court
Classification Court House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) County Buildings; Court House
Canmore ID 191638
Site Number NT07NW 142
NGR NT 00165 77104
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/191638
- Council West Lothian
- Parish Linlithgow
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District West Lothian
- Former County West Lothian
Sheriff Court, 1863, Brown & Wardrop
Prettily romantic Tudor with steep pitched roofs, spiky chimneystacks, stringcourses and hood-moulds. On site of townhouse of Sir James Hamilton of Finnart. Note 1875 bronze plaque, by Sir Noel Paton, commemorating the assassination of the Regent Earl of Moray in 1572.
Taken from "West Lothian: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Stuart Eydmann, Richard Jaques and Charles McKean, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Non-Guardianship Sites Plan Collection, DC28206- DC28207, 1884- 1885.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
Scottish Records Office
RHP 9198 Brown & Wardrop 1863 - plans, elevations and sections.
Publication Account (2000)
The Sheriff Court House, built on the site of the house from which Regent Moray was shot (see p 20).
Information from ‘Historic Linlithgow: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (2000).
