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
Further details
Site number: NS56NW 25
Unique identifier (UID): 44184
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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