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Town Hall and Sheriff Court, Castle Street, Rothesay, Bute
Town Hall and Sheriff Court, Castle Street, Rothesay, Bute in Inner Hebrides + Skye, United Kingdom.
James T M Towill — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Town Hall and Sheriff Court, Castle Street, Rothesay, Bute is a place of interest in Inner Hebrides + Skye, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Rothesay Town Hall and County Buildings is a former municipal building in Castle Street, Rothesay, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place of Rothesay Burgh Council and of Bute County Council, is a Category B listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The building was built on the site of an earlier tolbooth which incorporated cells for petty prisoners. The new building was designed by James Dempster of Greenock in the Gothic Revival style, built in ashlar stone at a cost of £4,000 and was completed in 1835. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage with seven bays facing onto Castle Street; the central bay, which slightly projected forward, took the form of a four-stage tower. while the town hall bell was manufactured by John C. Wilson of the Gorbals Brass and Bell Foundry in Glasgow. The sections on either side of the tower were fenestrated with three-light sash windows on the ground floor and three-light mullioned windows on the…
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- Coordinates
- 55.8365, -5.0538
- District
- Argyll and Bute
- Postcode
- PA20 9AS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- Established
- 1835
Sources
- wikidata: Q17774957 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Rothesay Town Hall and County Buildings (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Town Hall and Sheriff Court, Castle Street, Rothesay, Bute?
- Town Hall and Sheriff Court, Castle Street, Rothesay, Bute is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode PA20 9AS).
- When was Town Hall and Sheriff Court, Castle Street, Rothesay, Bute built?
- Built or established in 1835.
- How do I get to Town Hall and Sheriff Court, Castle Street, Rothesay, Bute?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode PA20 9AS. It sits within the Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber parliamentary constituency.