Dunfermline City Chambers
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The Dunfermline City Chambers are the town hall of the Scottish city of Dunfermline in the Council Area Fife . In 1971, the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish list of monuments in the highest monument category A.
description
The town hall was built between 1876 and 1879 to a design by the Scottish architect James Campbell Walker . The high Victorian corner house stands at the confluence of Kirkgate with Bridge Street on the western edge of the center of Dunfermlin. Its masonry consists of light-colored sandstone blocks that were built into layered masonry . It has an L-shaped floor plan.
A dominant clock tower rises from the corner of the building. It is lavishly ornamented with corner tours , crowns and some neo-Gothic detailing. Lukarnen with stepped gables protrude into the copper roof with tower clocks in stylized aedicules . The detailed design with cantilevered turrets, structured cornices , crowns and stepped gables is continued over the facades along the streets. Closing roofs are designed with pinnacles and ornamented with wrought iron .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Dunfermline City Chambers in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′ 14.9 " N , 3 ° 27 ′ 50.4" W.