Chamber, first floor, 1 High Street North Berwick

Overview

Known locally as the Town House, 1 High Street is a category B-listed building located on the corner with Quality Street, dating from circa 1724 with a distinctive bell-shaped clocktower. It is held in Common Good for the town and was previously a gaol, custom’s house and the former Royal Burgh’s Offices. The chamber is on the first floor accessed from an external staircase with shops below unaffected. It includes a chamber with recess, waiting room, office, kitchen and toilet.

East Lothian Council is proposing to lease the first-floor chamber as an office and reinvest the income into North Berwick's Common Good Fund. The space is currently empty.

About Common Good assets and Common Good Funds

East Lothian has four Common Good Funds: Dunbar, Haddington, Musselburgh and North Berwick which are administered by a Common Good Committee. The Funds’ main function is to allow for the maintenance and repair of Common Good assets. They can also provide money to support activities and events which will benefit the inhabitants of the former burghs.

The area of each Common Good Fund is defined by Burgh maps from 1973 and only residents or organisations that live or operate within these areas can apply for common good funding.

Why your views matter

To share your views on the proposed sale or lease of a Common Good Asset and the reinvestment of sale income into the North Berwick Common Good Fund.