The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . nttown, and is still used as the municipal court-house. It has been erectedat a time when solidity of structure was still considered necessary, butwhen the council chamber and the court-house had become of moreimportance than the tower of defence. The principal entrance is in thecentre, the door, which is on the first floor, being approached by a fliglitof steps. This gives access to a lobby, from which the burgh court-houseopens on the right and the council chamber on the left. Opposite thedoor
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland, from the twelfth to the eighteenth century . nttown, and is still used as the municipal court-house. It has been erectedat a time when solidity of structure was still considered necessary, butwhen the council chamber and the court-house had become of moreimportance than the tower of defence. The principal entrance is in thecentre, the door, which is on the first floor, being approached by a fliglitof steps. This gives access to a lobby, from which the burgh court-houseopens on the right and the council chamber on the left. Opposite thedoor is a small wheel-stair leading to the rooms in the tower, which aresaid to have been used as debtors prisons. The ground floor is vaulted, and contains cellars with exterior cellar under the central tower was entered by a grated iron doorunder the flight of steps to the principal entrance. Prisoners were con- CANONGATE TOLBOOTH — 103 FOURTH PERIOD fined here, and could be seen and communicated with through the ironyett by the public, in the memory of persons still living. The upper. Fig. 12-23.—Dingwall Town Hall.* part of the tower or belfry was added in the beginning of the presentcentury. CANONGATE TOLBOOTH, Edinburgh. This picturesque structure (Fig. 1224) was erected during the reign ofJames VI., and bears the date of 1591. In 1584 it was enacted by themagistrates of the Burgh of Canongate that no remission of fees shall* This drawmg is coined from a pencil sketch by Mr. W. C. Joass, architect, Dingwall. FOURTH PERIOD 101 CANONGATE TOLBOOTH be granted to any one unto the tyme the tolbuith of this bureh be edefeitand biggit. The pointed roof and turrets were originally covered with
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