Tolbooth

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Title

Tolbooth

Description

The Tolbooth was once known as the worst jail in history! Now a Cateogry A Listed public building, it is still a particularly important building in Stirling and has a very long and interesting history. Many historic features remain alongside the modern intervention completed a number of years ago.

Source

stirling

Date

1703-05

Type

Museum

Identifier

3538

Spatial Coverage

current,56.12085,-3.942997;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

Jail Wynd

Place

Stirling

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

Sir William Bruce (2002 redesign R. Murphy)

AddressLine2

Top of the Town

OpeningDate1

16/9/2017

OpeningTime1

10 am to 4 pm

Activities

DefinStaff will be operating tours for visitors. Tours will commence at 11am and 1pm and will last approximately 1 hour.

Tickets for tours are essential and these must be booked, please call the box on 01786 274 000 of Albert Hall Box Office 01786 473 544 to get your ticket. If you just want to look around this amazing building, just turn up!

Disabled access throughout - however the tour incorporates staircases and narrow doorways and is not suitable for people requiring disabled access.

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

Yes

DisabledAccess

Yes

Refreshments

No

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

11125

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

FK8 1EE

Citation

“Tolbooth,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 5, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/3537.

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