Renfrew, Town Hall

Also known as

Renfrew Tolbooth

Classifications: Town Hall(19th Century),Tolbooth(17th Century)

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Location Details

Local authority: Renfrewshire

Parish: Renfrew (Renfrew)

Former region: Strathclyde

Former district: Renfrew

Former county: Renfrewshire

Location accurate to the nearest 10 metres.

British National Grid (BNG) Coordinates: 250750, 667660

Ordnance Survey (OS) National Grid Reference: NS 5075 6766

Latitude: 55.87890Longitude: -4.38737

Datum: OSGB36 - NGR

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Further details

Site number: NS56NW 25

Unique identifier (UID): 44184

Renfrew, Town Hall, NS56NW 25, Ordnance Survey index card, R

Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

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Page 29/6. General view of Renfrew. Titled 'Renfrew.' PHOTOG

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Category: Descriptive accounts

Event reference: 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.

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References

Dunn J A. (1971) History of Renfrew, Page(s): 55, 63-5

MacGibbon and Ross D and T. (1887-92) The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries, 5v. Edinburgh. Page(s): Vol. 5, 123 RCAHMS Shelf Number: F.5.21.MAC

Simpson and Stevenson A T and S. (1981k) Historic Renfrew, the archaeological implications of development, Scottish burgh survey series. {Glasgow}. Page(s): 5-6 RCAHMS Shelf Number: C.3.3.BUR

Walker F A. (1986b) The South Clyde estuary: an illustrated architectural guide to Inverclyde and Renfrew, Edinburgh. Page(s): 94, 95 RCAHMS Shelf Number: D.5.RE 3