Kirkgate and Cross, Burgh Halls (Former Town House and Old County Hall) Linlithgow, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Kirkgate and Cross, Burgh Halls (Former Town House and Old County Hall) has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 382560 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 37465
- Canmore ID
- 260691
- Category
- A
- Name
- Kirkgate and the Cross, Burgh Halls (former Town House and Old County Hall)
- Parish
- Linlithgow
- County
- West Lothian
- Easting
- 300213
- Northing
- 677225
- Date Listed
- 22 February 1971
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Burgh Halls comprising town house and old county hall, merged 1962, see also The Cross and Kirkgate, Burgh Halls (former Town House) listed separately. OLD COUNTY HALL: earlier 19th century, 1962-3 interior alterations by Rowand Anderson, Kininmonth and Paul. 2-storey, 6-bay, classical, rectangular-plan hall. Cream, coursed and squared sandstone rubble, ashlar to W elevation. Cill course at 1st floor, cornice. W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 6 symmetrical bays; 4 slightly recessed bays to centre with round-headed windows at ground in round-arched panels with voussoirs; taller square-headed windows above. Advanced end bays with segmental-headed entrance to outer right, with modern 2-leaf doors with fanlight; blind corniced window above; segmental-headed carriage pend to outer left with corniced window above. E (REAR) ELEVATION: asymmetrically disposed windows. INTERIOR: not seen. 12-pane sash and case to round-headed windows; 4-pane sash and case to windows above. Grey slate piended roof, corniced sandstone end stacks with some original cans to N.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
A Group with Town House listed separately. In 1962 the old county Hall and adjoining town houses were converted into a suite of halls for the use of the burgh.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
NEW STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND (1845) p183. Francis A Groome ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND (1884) p519.
