Kinross, 110 High Street, Town Hall
Town Hall (19th Century)
Site Name Kinross, 110 High Street, Town Hall
Classification Town Hall (19th Century)
Canmore ID 121400
Site Number NO10SW 17.01
NGR NO 11922 02069
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121400
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Kinross
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Kinross-shire
Prominent piend-roofed, classically-detailed, tall single storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan former Town Hall with full-height advanced, pilastered and open-pedimented entrance bay; flanked by, and internally linked to, former Post Office and Carnegie Public Library (see separate listings). Stugged grey ashlar with ashlar dressings. Base course and eaves cornice. Lugged architraved and corniced doorpiece, hoodmoulds, chamfered reveals, stone transoms and mullions.
The fomer Town Hall is part of a B group with the Carnegie Library, Clock Tower and Post Office (see separate listings) which represent the former civic centre of Kinross Burgh. Built on the site of the former Kinross Parish Church of 1742-3 the dignified classical Town Hall makes a significant contribution to the streetscape at the heart of Kinross Burgh. It is the focal centre of an important civic group comprising the former Post Office, 18th century Clock Tower and Fountain to the north, and the later Carnegie Public Library to the south (see separate listings).
The War Memorial at the principal entrance is worded ERECTED A.D. MDCCCXLI / AND PRESENTED TO KINROSS BURGH A.D.MDCCCCXLVI / BY KINROSS MARKET COMPANY / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF KINROSS WHO FELL / AND IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF ALL / WHO SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945. The Kinross Market company operated from 1830 to 1945, and were responsible for building the Town Hall in 1841. The building was gifted to the community of Kinross in 1945 in memory of those who had fallen during the second world war, and act commemorated by the War memorial. Andrew Cumming is listed in the 1861 Parochial Directory for Fife and Kinross under Joiners & Wrights. (Historic Scotland)
Desk Based Assessment (24 April 2012)
A desk based assessment of this building was made by RCAHMS Threatened Building Survey following a consent/planning application for alteration works at the site being submitted to the local authority.
A survey of the site has been requisitioned based on this assessment.
Planning Application ref – 12/00478/LBC
