Old Photograph Town Hall Maybole Scotland

Old photograph of the Town Hall in Maybole in South Ayrshire, Scotland. The tolbooth now the town hall in Maybole was formerly the town house of the laird of Blairquhan. Little remains of the mansion but the tower; its pointed and traceried windows in the top storey are probably a Gothic revival of the 17th century. During the early 19th century the court room was used as a dancing room and for dramatic performances. In 1837 there was a single cell, described as a miserable place, and the courtroom and the room above were also used as occasional places of confinement. The new town hall of 1887 was built to designs by R S Ingram of Kilmarnock.



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