Stow of Wedale Town Hall

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Stow of Wedale Town Hall
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Stow of Wedale Town Hall
LocationEarlston Road, Stow of Wedale
Coordinates 55°41′30″N2°51′36″W / 55.6918°N 2.8600°W / 55.6918; -2.8600 Coordinates: 55°41′30″N2°51′36″W / 55.6918°N 2.8600°W / 55.6918; -2.8600
Built1857
Architectural style(s) Scottish baronial style
Listed Building – Category B
Official nameTownfoot, Town Hall
Designated17 March 2009
Reference no.LB51301
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Stow of Wedale Town Hall is a municipal building in Earlston Road, Stow of Wedale, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The structure, which serves as a community events venue, is a Category B listed building. [1]

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History

The building was commissioned by Captain Alexander Mitchell-Innes (1811–1886), [2] who, in 1839, had inherited a large country estate, which had originally been amassed by a former Deputy Governor of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Gilbert Innes (1751–1832). [3] Mitchell-Innes had plans to develop Stow into a holiday destination for people living in Edinburgh. [4] The foundation stone for the new building was laid with full masonic rites, with Mitchell-Innes presiding as acting grand master, on 21 February 1854. [5] It was designed in the Scottish baronial style, built in rubble masonry with ashlar stone dressings and was completed in 1857. [6] [7] [8]

The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of five bays facing Earlston Road. The central section of three bays formed an arcade with three openings on the ground floor, a carved panel depicting the coat of arms of Alexander Mitchell-Innes above the central opening, and three square-shaped windows on the first floor. Above the windows, there was a machicolated parapet, three water spouts shaped to resemble cannons, a central gablet and a fleur-de-lis finial. The left hand bay was curved on the ground floor and corbeled on the first floor with sash windows on both floors and a stepped gable above. The right-hand bay was fenestrated with sash windows on both floors with a stepped gable above: it was flanked by bartizans on both sides although the left-hand bartizan was corbelled out at a lower level than the right-hand one and was octagonal rather than circular in its upper stage. Internally, the principal rooms were the reading room on the left-hand side on the ground floor and the main assembly hall on the first floor. [1]

Mitchell-Innes continued to develop the town and commissioned the Church of St Mary of Wedale in 1876. [9] However, following the collapse of the City of Glasgow Bank in 1878, most of the proposed housing was never built. [4] The town hall continued to serve as a community events venue throughout the 20th century and into the 21st century. [10] The reading room was adapted to form a local history museum and archive, managed by the Gala Water History and Heritage Association, in 2005. [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic Environment Scotland. "Townfoot, Town Hall (LB51301)" . Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Oliver and Boyd's Scottish Tourist. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. 1860. p. 150.
  3. ↑ Innes, Andrew. The Inneses of Stow (PDF). p. 2, 14. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 "About Stow Town Hall". Scotland Starts Here. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Laurie, William Alexander (1859). The History of Free Masonry and the Grand Lodge of Scotland With Chapters on the Knight Templars, Knights of St. John, Mark Masonry, and R.A. Degree. Seton & Mackenzie. p. 302.
  6. ↑ Cruft, Kitty; Dunbar, John G.; Fawcett, Richard; Strachan, Sabina; Gifford, John; Gow, Ian (2006). Borders (Buildings of Scotland Series). Vol. 9. Yale University Press. p. 134. ISBN   978-0300107029.
  7. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Stow, Townfoot, Town Hall (100382)". Canmore . Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Glendinning, Miles; MacKechnie, Aonghus (2021). Scotch Baronial Architecture and National Identity in Scotland. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 191. ISBN   978-1350166165.
  9. ↑ Historic Environment Scotland. "Stow Parish Church, St Mary of Wedale (LB17403)" . Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  10. ↑ "Remembering the fallen from the Gala Water Valley". Border Telegraph. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  11. ↑ "Gala Water History and Heritage Association". Community Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Stow Parish Archives" (PDF). Scottish Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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