Peebles
Tolbooth (15th Century)
Site Name Peebles
Classification Tolbooth (15th Century)
Canmore ID 51453
Site Number NT24SE 18
NGR NT 2520 4053
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51453
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Peebles
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT24SE 18 2520 4053.
(NT 2521 4052) There was a Tolbooth on the north side of the Bridgegate and towards the west end. It was having a steeple built to it in 1488.
C B Gunn 1908
The Tolbooth was situated at the foot of the Bridgegate, and it seems probable that it was originally the house of the keeper of the gate.
W Chambers 1856
No further information obtained. The "foot of the Bridgegate" would make the site to be at NT 2520 4053.
Visited by OS (EGC) 27 February 1962
In 1487 there is a reference to a property on the N side of the 'Briggait' described as being bounded by the 'tolbuith' on the W. The tolbooth was apparently still in Briggait in 1545, but by 1572 had moved to the Steeple. It is probable that the Town Council met in the W end of the High Street until 1753, when the present Town House was built.
SBS Peebles 1977
Publication Account (1977)
In 1487 there is a reference to a property on the north side of the 'Briggait' described as being bounded by the 'tolbuith' on the west (Renwick, 1912, 19). The Tolbooth was apparently still in Briggait in 1545 (Gunn, 1908, 127), but by 1572 had moved down to the steeple (Buchan, 1925, ii, 337). It is probable that the Town Council met in the west end of the High street until 1753 (Renwick, 1912, 316). In 1749 the Town Council noted that other burghs 'have of late built new houses commonly called Town Houses' and with that Peebles magistrates resolved to do the same (Buchan, 1925, ii, 90). There was difficulty in finding a suitable site, but in 1753 a Town House was duly erected midway down the High Street, on the south side its front projecting seven feet (2.13m) in front of the buildings it is contiguous with (RCAHM, 1967, 279).
Information from ‘Historic Peebles: The Archaeological Implications of Development’ (1977).
Sbc Note
Visibility: Evidence for this site, or the origins of this site, comes from documentary sources. Nothing may be visible at this location.
Information from SBC.
