Culross Town House
Culross Town House, also known as Culross Tolbooth, is a municipal structure in the Sandhaven area of Culross, Fife, Scotland. The building, which now serves as a visitor centre, is Category A listed.Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Town hall
- Description: tolbooth in Culross, Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Culross, Sandhaven, Town House” and “Town House”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Culross Palace and Market Cross of Culross.
Culross Palace
Museum
Photo: Lyall Duffus, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Culross Palace is a late 16th to early 17th century merchant's house in Culross, Fife, Scotland. The palace, or "Great Lodging", was constructed between 1597 and 1611 by Sir George Bruce, the Laird of Carnock.
Market Cross of Culross
Photo: Kristijrn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Culross mercat cross is located in Culross, Fife, Scotland. Now Category A listed, its base dates to the original 16th-century mercat cross. Its shaft and capital, meanwhile, are 1902 replacements, the work of John William Small and Alexander Neilson. Market Cross of Culross is situated 370 feet east of Culross Town House.
Culross Abbey
Church
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culross Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Culross, Scotland, headed by the Abbot or Commendator of Culross. Part of it is still used as the local parish church by the Church of Scotland. Culross Abbey is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Culross Town House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Culross and Preston Island.
Culross
Photo: HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culross is a very attractive village in Fife on the north bank of the Firth of Forth. In the 16th and 17th centuries its merchants grew rich from coal, salt and limestone, trading especially with the Low Countries, and building themselves fine town houses.
Preston Island
Locality
Photo: Paul McIlroy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Preston Island is a former artificial island in the Firth of Forth, Scotland. The reclaimed land was once used for salt production, using local coal. It is part of Fife.
Torryburn
Village
Torryburn is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland, lying on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. It is one of a number of old port communities on this coast and at one point served as port for Dunfermline. Torryburn is situated 2½ miles east of Culross Town House.
Culross Town House
- Categories: tolbooth, building, and government building
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.05533° or 56° 3′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.63018° or 3° 37′ 49″ westOperator
National Trust for ScotlandOpen location code
9C8R3949+4WOpenStreetMap ID
way 491730809OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=townhallOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q17567819
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In Other Languages
“Culross Town House” goes by many names.
- German: “Culross Tolbooth”
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Highlights include Sandhaven and Culross Pottery and Gallery.
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