Canongate Tolbooth Edinburgh
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163 Canongate
, Old Town, Edinburgh, EH8 8BN
+44 (0) 131 557 4690
The Canongate Tolbooth is the oldest remaining building in Edinburgh's Canongate, and was the grand administrative centre for the independent burgh which developed outside the walls of Edinburgh. It was built in 1591 by the feudal superior of the Burgh, Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchintoul, whose initials are carved above the Tolbooth Pend. A distinctive clock, dating from 1884, juts out from the side of the tower to overhang the street. A major restoration of 1875 combined the attic and first floor to create a space now occupied by the People's Story Museum.
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