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Latitude: 57.5956 / 57°35'44"N
Longitude: -4.4284 / 4°25'42"W
OS Eastings: 254954
OS Northings: 858772
OS Grid: NH549587
Mapcode National: GBR H8FN.47M
Mapcode Global: WH3DN.YBDZ
Plus Code: 9C9QHHWC+6J
Entry Name: Town Hall, High Street, Dingwall
Listing Name: High Street, Town Hall
Listing Date: 25 March 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 360472
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB24506
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Dingwall, High Street, Town Hall
ID on this website: 200360472
Location: Dingwall
County: Highland
Town: Dingwall
Electoral Ward: Dingwall and Seaforth
Traditional County: Ross-shire
Tagged with: Architectural structure Seat of local government
Dated 1730 and 1905. Core and tower, 1730, cupola, John
Boag, 1774, remodelled, W C Joass, 1902-5. Central rubble
built tower in 2 stages, upper slightly stepped back.
Entrance in centre with altered columned portico supporting
heavy stone 1st floor balcony with carved panels. Window
(formerly door at head of steps) opening onto balcony altered
1905. Tower with 1 small margined window with iron yett in
each south facing storey; balustrade (1905) and tall timber
octagonal cupola (1774) with pilastered tower stage, clock
faces in alternate facets with louvres above, ogee lead roof
with diminutive lead cupola and weather vane. 2-storey,
2-bay wings re-built 1905 with bipartite in each bay and
crowstepped dormer-heads. Return crow-stepped gable to Church
Street with re-set 1730 date stone in gable head. Slate roofs.
Former yett stands beside centre entrance.
John Boag, architect. Donald Morrison, square wright and
Donald McNeil, mason visited Forres, Moray in 1773 to view
tolbooth steeple then and subsequently prepared model "as a
plan for the same kind in this burgh (Town Council minutes,
Feb 1773).
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