Town Hall, High Street, Dingwall

In 1729, the burgh leaders decided that the town needed a municipal building in which to hold civic functions and to incarcerate offenders: the site they selected was the residence of one of the burgesses, Alexander Dingwall, who was offered alternative accommodation elsewhere in the town. The new building was designed by a Mr Downie in the form of a tolbooth, built by a local builder, William MacNeill, in rubble masonry and was completed in 1745. Internally, the principal rooms, which were on the first floor, were council chamber was on the left and the courtroom on the right. The rooms in the town hall continued to be used for public events and performers there included the rock band, The…