Tolbooth and Town Hall, 14 Victoria Street, Dysart

The first municipal building in the town was a tolbooth tower erected in 1567. This does not appear to have been successful as it was demolished, just eight years later, in 1575, and replaced by the present three-stage tower, which was built in harled stone and erected slightly to the south of the original structure, in 1576. The first stage of the tower contained a doorway, while the second and third stages were originally blind, although a clock was installed in the third stage in 1592. five women were accused of witchcraft and incarcerated there in 1630. After roundhead troops started using the building to store gunpowder during the English Civil War, the roof of the building was blown…