1591 – Canongate Tolbooth, Edinburgh, Scotland
Once the heart of the Canongate area, the Tolbooth contained a council chamber and jail. The chamber was accessible via the external staircase o the first floor while the jail was beneath it.
Once the heart of the Canongate area, the Tolbooth contained a council chamber and jail. The chamber was accessible via the external staircase o the first floor while the jail was beneath it.
This humourous Gothic Style folly with exaggerated crenellations was designed and built by the architect James Pain around 1840.