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The main block of the tolbooth was built in around 1630. It was in this building that, in
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November 1927. The building remained the meeting place of the Royal Burgh of Queensbury for much of the first half of the 20th century but ceased to be the local seat of government after a new council chamber was installed at the former Viewforth Hotel
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finish on the first, second and third floors and fenestrated with square windows on the first and second floors and a round headed window on the third floor. A courtroom was established on the first floor of the steeple at an early stage.
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further to the southeast along the High Street in 1945. The complex subsequently served as an events venue with organisations such as the
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was added to the steeple and, in 1817, a plaque and a fountain were unveiled on the stairway up to the steeple to commemorate the contribution by
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The complex was further expanded by the addition of the
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