This is a list of city chambers and town halls in Scotland. The list is sortable by building age and height, and provides a link to the listing description where relevant. The list, which was compiled using the list of 1,000 Largest Cities and Towns in the UK by Population, published by The Geographist, to ensure completeness,[1] includes over 160 surviving buildings. The oldest town hall is West Wemyss Tolbooth, thought to have been completed in around 1525. The tallest town hall is Greenock Municipal Buildings, whose "Victoria Tower" rises to 245feet.[2]
| class=unsortable | Town or city ! | class=unsortable | Building ! | class=unsortable | Image ! | Lieutenancy area | Built | Height | class=unsortable | Notes |
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| Aberdeen | Aberdeen Town House | Aberdeen | 1874 | Category A listed . Architects: Peddie and Kinnear. | ||||||
| Aberfeldy | Aberfeldy Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1891 | Category B listed . Architect: James MacLaren. | ||||||
| Airdrie | Airdrie Town Hall | Lanarkshire | 1912 | Category B listed . Architect: John Thomson. | ||||||
| Airdrie | Airdrie Town House | Lanarkshire | 1826 | 31m (102feet) | Category B listed . Architect: Alexander Baird. | |||||
| Alloa | Alloa Town Hall | Clackmannanshire | 1889 | Category C listed . Architect: Alfred Waterhouse. | ||||||
| Alyth | Alyth Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1887 | Architects: Andrew Heiton and Andrew Granger Heiton. | ||||||
| Annan | Annan Town Hall | Dumfries | 1878 | Category B listed . Architect: Peter Smith. | ||||||
| Anstruther Easter | Anstruther Easter Town Hall | Fife | 1872 | Category B listed . Architect: John Harris. | ||||||
| Anstruther Wester | Anstruther Wester Town Hall | Fife | 1795 | Category C listed . | ||||||
| Arbroath | Arbroath Town House | Angus | 1808 | Category B listed . Architect: David Logan. | ||||||
| Ardrossan | Ardrossan Civic Centre | Ayrshire and Arran | 1851 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Auchtermuchty | Auchtermuchty Town House | Fife | 1729 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Auchterarder | Auchterarder Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1872 | Category C listed . Architect: Charles Sandeman Robertson. | ||||||
| Ayr | Ayr Town Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1830 | 69m (226feet) | Category A listed . Architect: Thomas Hamilton. | |||||
| Ballater | Ballater Burgh Halls | Aberdeenshire | 1896 | Category C listed . Architects: W. Duguid & Son. | ||||||
| Banchory | Banchory Town Hall | Aberdeenshire | 1873 | Architect: James Thomson. | ||||||
| Banff | Banff Town House | Aberdeenshire | 1797 | Category A listed . Architect: James Reid. | ||||||
| Barrhead | Barrhead Burgh Hall | Renfrewshire | 1904 | Category C listed . Architects: Ninian MacWhannell and John Rogerson. | ||||||
| Beith | Beith Townhouse | Ayrshire and Arran | 1817 | Category B listed . Architect: William Dobie. | ||||||
| Bo'ness | Bo'ness Town Hall | Stirling and Falkirk | 1904 | Category B listed . Architects: George Washington Browne. | ||||||
| Brechin | Brechin Town House | Angus | 1790 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Burntisland | Burntisland Burgh Chambers | Fife | 1846 | Category B listed . Architect: John Henderson. | ||||||
| Campbeltown | Campbeltown Town Hall | Argyll and Bute | 1760 | Category B listed . Architect: John Douglas. | ||||||
| Cellardyke | Cellardyke Town Hall | Fife | 1883 | Architects: Henry Hall and Jesse Hall. | ||||||
| Clydebank | Clydebank Town Hall | Dunbartonshire | 1902 | Category B listed . Architect: James Miller. | ||||||
| Coatbridge | Coatbridge Municipal Buildings | Lanarkshire | 1894 | Category B listed . Architect: Alexander McGregor Mitchell. | ||||||
| Coldstream | Coldstream Town Hall | Berwickshire | 1863 | Category B listed . Architect: James Cunningham. | ||||||
| Colinsburgh | Colinsburgh Town Hall | Fife | 1895 | Architects: Andrew Dewar and Alexander Cumming Dewar. | ||||||
| Coupar Angus | Coupar Angus Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1887 | Category C listed . Architect: David Smart. | ||||||
| Cove | Cove Burgh Hall | Argyll and Bute | 1893 | Category B listed . Architect: James Chalmers. | ||||||
| Crail | Crail Tolbooth and Town Hall | Fife | 1814 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Crieff | Crieff Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1850 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Cromarty | Cromarty Town House | Ross and Cromarty | 1773 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Crosshill and Govanhill | Crosshill and Govanhill Burgh Hall | Glasgow | 1879 | Category B listed . Architect: Frank Stirrat. | ||||||
| Cullen | Cullen Town Hall | Banffshire | 1823 | Category B listed . Architect: William Robertson. | ||||||
| Culross | Culross Town House | Fife | 1626 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Cumnock | Cumnock Town Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1884 | Category C listed . Architect: Robert Samson Ingram. | ||||||
| Cupar | Cupar Burgh Chambers | Fife | 1817 | Category B listed . Architect: Robert Hutchison. | ||||||
| Dalbeattie | Dalbeattie Town Hall | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1862 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Dalkeith | Municipal Buildings, Dalkeith | Midlothian | 1882 | Category B listed . Architect: James Pearson Alison. | ||||||
| Darvel | Darvel Town Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1905 | Category B listed . Architect: Thomas Henry Smith. | ||||||
| Denny | Denny Town House | Stirling and Falkirk | 1931 | Architect: Robert Wilson. | ||||||
| Dingwall | Dingwall Town Hall | Ross and Cromarty | 1745 | Category B listed . Architect: Mr Downie. | ||||||
| Dumbarton | Dumbarton Burgh Hall | Dunbartonshire | 1866 | Category A listed . Architects: Robert Grieve Melvin and William Leiper. | ||||||
| Dumbarton | Municipal Buildings, Dumbarton | Dunbartonshire | 1903 | Category B listed . Architect: James Thomson. | ||||||
| Dumfries | Municipal Buildings | Dumfries | 1932 | Category C listed . Architect: James Carruthers. | ||||||
| Dumfries | Midsteeple | Dumfries | 1707 | Category A listed . Architect: Tobias Bachop of Alloa. | ||||||
| Dunbar | Dunbar Town House | East Lothian | 1593 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Dundee | Dundee City Chambers | Dundee | 1933 | Category B listed . Architect: John James Burnet of Glasgow. | ||||||
| Dunfermline | Dunfermline City Chambers | Fife | 1879 | Category A listed . Architect: James Campbell Walker. | ||||||
| Dunoon | Dunoon Burgh Hall | Argyll and Bute | 1874 | Category B listed . Architect: Robert Alexander Bryden. | ||||||
| Dysart | Dysart Tolbooth and Town House | Fife | 1576 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| East Kilbride | East Kilbride Civic Centre | Lanarkshire | 1968 | Architects: Scott Fraser & Browning. | ||||||
| Edinburgh | Edinburgh City Chambers | Edinburgh | 1760 | Category A listed . Architects: John Adam and John Fergus. | ||||||
| Edzell | Edzell Parish Hall | Angus | 1898 | Category A listed . Architects: Charles and Leslie Ower. | ||||||
| Elie and Earlsferry | Elie and Earlsferry Town Hall | Fife | 1873 | Category B listed . Architect: John Currie. | ||||||
| Falkland | Falkland Town Hall | Fife | 1801 | Category A listed . Architect: Thomas Barclay. | ||||||
| Forfar | Forfar Town and County Hall | Angus | 1788 | Category B listed . Architect: James Playfair. | ||||||
| Forres | Forres Town Hall | Moray | 1829 | Category B listed . Architect: Archibald Simpson. | ||||||
| Fraserburgh | Fraserburgh Town House | Aberdeenshire | 1855 | Category B listed . Architects: Matthews and MacKenzie. | ||||||
| Galashiels | Galashiels Burgh Chambers | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1867 | Category B listed . Architects: Robert Hall & Co. and Sir Robert Lorimer. | ||||||
| Gatehouse of Fleet | Gatehouse of Fleet Town Hall | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1885 | Architect: James Robart Pearson. | ||||||
| Gifford | Gifford Town Hall | East Lothian | 1884 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Glasgow | Glasgow City Chambers | Glasgow | 1888 | 73m (240feet) | Category A listed . Architect: William Young. | |||||
| Gourock | Municipal Buildings, Gourock | Renfrewshire | 1924 | Category C listed . Architects: Stewart Tough & Alexander. | ||||||
| Govan, Glasgow | Govan Town Hall | Glasgow | 1901 | Category B listed . Architects: Thomson and Sandilands. | ||||||
| Grangemouth | Grangemouth Town Hall | Stirling and Falkirk | 1885 | Architect: William Black. | ||||||
| Greenlaw | Greenlaw Town Hall | Berwickshire | 1831 | Category A listed . Architect: John Cunningham. | ||||||
| Greenock | Greenock Municipal Buildings | Renfrewshire | 1886 | 75m (246feet) | Category A listed . Architects: H & D Barclay. | |||||
| Haddington | Haddington Town House | East Lothian | 1745 | Category A listed . Architect: William Adam. | ||||||
| Hamilton | Hamilton Townhouse | Lanarkshire | 1928 | Category B listed . Architects: Cullen, Lochhead and Brown. | ||||||
| Hawick | Hawick Town Hall | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1886 | Category A listed . Architect: James Campbell Walker. | ||||||
| Helensburgh | Municipal Buildings, Helensburgh | Dunbartonshire | 1879 | Category B listed . Architect: John Honeyman. | ||||||
| Huntly | Huntly Town Hall | Aberdeenshire | 1875 | Category C listed . Architect: James Anderson. | ||||||
| Inverbervie | Inverbervie Town House | Aberdeenshire | 1840 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Invergordon | Invergordon Town Hall | Ross and Cromarty | 1871 | Category B listed . Architect: William Cumming Joass. | ||||||
| Inverkeithing | Inverkeithing Town House | Fife | 1770 | Category A listed . Architect: John and George Monroe. | ||||||
| Inverness | Inverness Town House | Inverness | 1882 | Category A listed . Architect: William Lawrie. | ||||||
| Inverurie | Inverurie Town Hall | Aberdeenshire | 1863 | Category B listed . Architect: John Russell Mackenzie. | ||||||
| Irvine | Irvine Townhouse | Ayrshire and Arran | 1862 | 37m (121feet) | Category B listed . Architect: James Ingram. | |||||
| Jedburgh | Jedburgh Town Hall | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1900 | Category B listed . Architect: James Pearson Alison. | ||||||
| Kelso | Kelso Town Hall | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1816 | Category B listed . Architect: John Daniel Swanston and William Syme. | ||||||
| Kilbirnie | Kilbirnie Council Offices | Ayrshire and Arran | 1916 | Architect: Robert James Walker. | ||||||
| Kinghorn | Kinghorn Town Hall | Fife | 1830 | Category B listed . Architect: Thomas Hamilton. | ||||||
| Kingston | Kingston Public Halls | Glasgow | 1904 | Category B listed . Architect: Robert William Horn. | ||||||
| Kinross | Kinross Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1869 | Category B listed . Architect: Andrew Cumming. | ||||||
| Kintore | Kintore Town House | Aberdeenshire | 1747 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Kirkcaldy | Kirkcaldy Town House | Fife | 1937–1956 | Category B listed . Architects: David Carr and William Howard of Edinburgh. | ||||||
| Kirkintilloch | Kirkintilloch Town Hall | Dunbartonshire | 1906 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Kirkcudbright | Kirkcudbright Tolbooth | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1629 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Kirkcudbright | Kirkcudbright Town Hall | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1881 | Category B listed . Architects: Peddie and Kinnear. | ||||||
| Kirkwall | Kirkwall Town Hall | Orkney | 1886 | Category B listed . Architect: Thomas Smith Peace. | ||||||
| Kirriemuir | Kirriemuir Town Hall | Angus | 1885 | Category C listed . Architects: Charles and Leslie Ower. | ||||||
| Kirriemuir | Kirriemuir Town House | Angus | 1604 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Lanark | Lanark Tolbooth | Lanarkshire | 1778 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Langholm | Langholm Town Hall | Dumfries | 1813 | Category B listed . Architect: William Elliot. | ||||||
| Lauder | Lauder Town Hall | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1735 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Leith | Old Town Hall, Leith | Edinburgh | 1829 | Category A listed . Architects: R & R Dickson | ||||||
| Lerwick | Lerwick Town Hall | Shetland | 1883 | Category A listed . Architect: Alexander Ross. | ||||||
| Linlithgow | Linlithgow Burgh Halls | West Lothian | 1670 | Category A listed . Architect: John Smith. | ||||||
| Lockerbie | Lockerbie Town Hall | Dumfries | 1891 | 35m (115feet) | Category A listed . Architects: David Bryce and Frank Carruthers. | |||||
| Lochmaben | Lochmaben Town Hall | Dumfries | 1723 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Lossiemouth | Lossiemouth Town Hall | Moray | 1885 | Architect: Duncan Cameron. | ||||||
| Macduff | Macduff Town Hall | Aberdeenshire | 1885 | Category B listed . Architects: John Bridgeford Pirie and Arthur Clyne. | ||||||
| Maryhill | Maryhill Burgh Halls | Glasgow | 1878 | Category B listed . Architect: Duncan McNaughtan. | ||||||
| Maybole | Maybole Town Hall | South Ayrshire | 1887 | Category B listed . Architect: Robert Samson Ingram. | ||||||
| Millport | Millport Town Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1878 | |||||||
| Milnathort | Milnathort Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1855 | Category B listed . Architect: Mr Watt of Kinross. | ||||||
| Moffat | Moffat Town Hall | Dumfries | 1827 | Category B listed . Architect: Walter Newall. | ||||||
| Montrose | Montrose Town House | Angus | 1764 | Category A listed . Architect: John Hutcheson. | ||||||
| Motherwell | Motherwell Civic Centre | Lanarkshire | 1970 | Category B listed . Architects: Wylie, Shanks and Partners. | ||||||
| Motherwell | Motherwell Town Hall | Lanarkshire | 1887 | 37m (121feet) | Category C listed . Architect: John Bennie Wilson. | |||||
| Musselburgh | Musselburgh Tolbooth | East Lothian | 1590 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Nairn | Nairn Town and County Buildings | Nairn | 1818 | 24.7m (81feet) | Category B listed . Architect: Mr Smith. | |||||
| Newburgh | Newburgh Town House | Fife | 1810 | Category B listed . Architect: John Speed. | ||||||
| New Cumnock | New Cumnock Town Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1889 | Category C listed . Architect: Allan Stevenson. | ||||||
| New Galloway | New Galloway Town Hall | Kirkcudbrightshire | 1875 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Newton Stewart | Newton Stewart Town Hall | Dumfries and Galloway | 1885 | Category B listed . Architect: Richard Park. | ||||||
| Old Aberdeen | Old Town House, Old Aberdeen | Aberdeen | 1789 | Category A listed . Architect: George Jaffrey. | ||||||
| Oldmeldrum | Oldmeldrum Town Hall | Aberdeenshire | 1877 | Category B listed . Architect: William Smith. | ||||||
| Paisley | Paisley Town Hall | Renfrewshire | 1882 | Category A listed . Architects: William Henry Lynn of Belfast and William Young. | ||||||
| Partick | Partick Burgh Hall | Glasgow | 1872 | Category B listed . Architect: William Leiper. | ||||||
| Peebles | Peebles Burgh Hall | Tweeddale | 1859 | Category A listed . Architect: John Paris. | ||||||
| Penicuik | Penicuik Town Hall | Midlothian | 1894 | Category C listed . Architect: Campbell Douglas. | ||||||
| Perth | Perth City Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1914 | Category B listed . Architects: H E Clifford and Thomas Lunan of Glasgow. | ||||||
| Perth | Municipal Buildings, Perth | Perth and Kinross | 1881 | Category B listed . Architects: Andrew Heiton and Andrew Grainger Heiton. | ||||||
| Peterhead | Peterhead Town House | Aberdeenshire | 1788 | Category B listed . Architect: John Baxter. | ||||||
| Pitlochry | Pitlochry Town Hall | Perth and Kinross | 1900 | Category B listed . Architect: Alexander Ness. | ||||||
| Pittenweem | Pittenween Tolbooth | Fife | 1588 | Category A listed . | ||||||
| Pollokshaws | Pollokshaws Burgh Hall | Glasgow | 1898 | Category A listed . Architect: Robert Rowand Anderson of Edinburgh. | ||||||
| Pollokshields | Pollokshields Burgh Hall | Glasgow | 1890 | Category A listed . Architect: H. E. Clifford. | ||||||
| Port Glasgow | Town Buildings, Port Glasgow | Renfrewshire | 1816 | 46m (151feet) | Category A listed . Architect: David Hamilton. | |||||
| Portobello | Portobello Town Hall | Edinburgh | 1914 | Category B listed . Architect: James Anderson Williamson. | ||||||
| Portsoy | Old Town Hall, Portsoy | Aberdeenshire | 1798 | Category C listed . | ||||||
| Prestonpans | Prestonpans Town Hall | East Lothian | 1897 | Category C listed . Architect: Peter Whitecross. | ||||||
| Prestwick | Prestwick Burgh Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1837 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Renfrew | Renfrew Town Hall | Renfrewshire | 1873 | 32m (105feet) | Category A listed . Architect: James Jamieson Lamb of Paisley. | |||||
| Rothes | Rothes Town Hall | Moray | 1900 | Architect: Robert Baillie Pratt. | ||||||
| Rothesay | Rothesay Town Hall and County Buildings | Argyll and Bute | 1835 | Category B listed . Architect: James Dempster. | ||||||
| Rutherglen | Rutherglen Town Hall | Lanarkshire | 1862 | 34m (112feet) | Category A listed . Architect: Charles Wilson. | |||||
| Saltcoats | Saltcoats Town Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1826 | Category B listed . Architect: Peter King. | ||||||
| Sanquhar | Sanquhar Tolbooth | Dumfries | 1739 | Category A listed . Architect: William Adam. | ||||||
| Selkirk | Selkirk Town House | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1805 | 30m (100feet) | Category A listed . Architect: Robert Lees. | |||||
| South Queensferry | South Queensferry Tolbooth | Edinburgh | 1720 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| St Andrews | St Andrews Town Hall | Fife | 1862 | Category B listed . Architect: James Anderson Hamilton. | ||||||
| Stirling | Stirling Tolbooth | Stirling and Falkirk | 1705 | Category A listed . Architect: Sir William Bruce. | ||||||
| Stirling | Municipal Buildings, Stirling | Stirling and Falkirk | 1918 | Category B listed . Architect: John Gaff Gillespie. | ||||||
| Stirling | Old Viewforth | Stirling and Falkirk | 1855 | Category B listed . Architect: J W Hay. Extended by James Miller. | ||||||
| Stonehaven | Stonehaven Town Hall | Aberdeenshire | 1878 | Category B listed . James Matthews and William Lawrie. | ||||||
| Stornoway | Stornoway Town Hall | Western Isles | 1929 | Category B listed . Architect: J Robertson. Subsequently rebuilt. | ||||||
| Stow of Wedale | Stow of Wedale Town Hall | Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale | 1857 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Stranraer | Old Town Hall, Stranraer | Wigtown | 1776 | Category A listed . Architects: Edward Wallace and Thomas Hall. | ||||||
| Strathaven | Old Town Hall, Strathaven | Lanarkshire | 1896 | Category C listed . Architect: Alexander Cullen. | ||||||
| Strathmiglo | Strathmiglo Town House | Fife | 1734 | 21m (69feet) | Category A listed . | |||||
| Strichen | Strichen Town House | Aberdeenshire | 1816 | Category A listed . Architect: John Smith. | ||||||
| Stromness | Old Town Hall, Stromness | Orkney | 1858 | Category B listed . | ||||||
| Tain | Tain Tolbooth | Ross and Cromarty | 1708 | Category A listed . Architect: Alexander Stronach. | ||||||
| Thurso | Thurso Town Hall | Caithness | 1871 | Category B listed . Architect: John Russell Mackenzie. | ||||||
| Troon | Troon Town Hall | Ayrshire and Arran | 1932 | Category B listed . Architect: James Miller. | ||||||
| West Wemyss | West Wemyss Tolbooth | Fife | 1525 | 18m (59feet) | Category B listed . | |||||
| Wick | Wick Town Hall | Caithness | 1828 | Category B listed . Architect: Robert Reid. | ||||||
| Wigtown | Wigtown Town Hall | Wigtown | 1863 | Category B listed . Architect: Thomas Brown II. | ||||||