The musty old Leighton Library, dating from 1684, is the oldest purpose-built library in Scotland. In the company of a guide, visitors get to handle and read books from the original collection of Robert Leighton, the late-17th-century bishop of Dunblane. The oldest volume dates from 1504.
Leighton Library
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