Town House, High Street, Dunbar

The first municipal building in Dunbar was a tolbooth which dated back at least to the first half of the 16th century. After it became dilapidated, it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style with harled rubble masonry from a quarry at Innerwick to create the current structure which was completed in 1593. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with three bays facing onto the High Street; the central bay featured a semi-octagonal tower which projected forward. The tower featured a pend with a wrought iron grill on the ground floor, small windows on the upper floors and a spire. The outer bays were fenestrated on the first floor by two sash windows on the left and two small windows on…