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Police Station comprising of Front Counter, General Offices and Cell Area.
Former Co-operative Store and Office, a Category A listed building with steel frame construction and unusually large glass windows, comprising a front…
A large mansion which now converted into a Youth Hostel. Once owned by the well-known solicitor and archaeologist James Curle. From 1905-10 Curle…
The Building was formerly the Old Jail that opened in 1804. Thomas Craig-Brown bought and renovated the building and opened it in May 1889 as the…
Original daylight photographic studio, built in 1867, and now used as a working museum and photographic archive.
A free standing, single bay, single storey fire station with ladder tower and drill yard. The relatively modern station is one of eleven fire stations…
Originally Selkirk First United Presbyterian Church it became the Parish Church in 1986. The building is a landmark in the town with its tall 3 storey…
One of the most conspicuous features of the town, this B listed courthouse was built as the County Buildings by David Rhind in 1868, in the opulent…
This listed Category A courthouse was completed in 1804 with a 100 foot high spire that dominates the Market Place.Still occasionally used for special…
The National Trust for Scotland’s St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve boasts a whole host of wildlife, from seabirds to wild flowers and…
The original slip launched lifeboat house with a simple arched corrugated roof was extended in the 1990s.There has been a lifeboat station at St Abbs…
St Abbs Visitor Centre is a state of the art facility is located in the old village hall, perched precariously on a cliff edge. Built as a resource…
The spire of the church reaches high into the sky on the south-east side of Tweed Green. The church was erected by the remaining sons and daughters of…
A fine Episcopal (Anglican) Church by Rowand Anderson replacing an earlier church of 1769. The church plan is a typical Anglican plan with aisles on…
Currently listed category B the church was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and built in 1858. It can be described as early decorated, chunky and…
The Church was the first to be built in Scotland in 1844 by the Oxford Movement (High Church) and is a Grade A architectural jewel. The architect John…
Listed Category B. Plain Gothic style with single bay chancel. The church forms part of a group of buildings including the Presbytery (added 1899) and…
Work began in 1843 with the church opening at 15 Buccleuch Street the following year. Alterations were carried out in 1879 when a side aisle (now a…
Dating from 12C there has long been a church on this site. The current building is listed category B. The T plan shape with its outstanding…
Simple rectangular gothic church with bellcote and pair of lancet windows on either side of a central buttress on the east gable. Porch on south wall…
Listed Category B. William Burn designed the original church with the 1882-4 chancel, vestry and porch added by Hay and Henderson. Gothic front to…
A notable example of an Episcopal Church originally built in 1854 and extended in 1881 with good interior details.�Alterations have taken place over…
Facing on to St Georges lane off Buccleuch Road the church was built in 1916, replacing an older building dating from 1843. The building is…
Now sensitively refurbished and named the Engine House, this building dates from 1858-65, and was extended to the NE in 1895.� Once used to power the…
The Haining Studios are a series of six award winning contemporary creative spaces by Lee Boyd Architects within the converted Coach House courtyard…
A gem of a building, this wonderful A listed Palladian mansion is set in a secluded site near the centre of the town. It was started in 1794 and…
A guided walk around the centre of Selkirk which encompasses the old town and more than thirty points of historical, architectural and cultural…
Following a �3m renovation this B listed former weaving shed to the rear of the main mill reopened this summer as the headquarters of the Eildon…
Tower Mill was built in 1852 as a spinning mill. It is partly built on a segmental arch spanning over the Slitrig water. The mill was originally…
The Ormiston Institute is the INFORMATION CENTRE for the Melrose Doors Open Day. Refreshments are available here all day. Exhibition: Trimontium:…
The Trinity Centre was built to celebrate the 2nd millennium and the 150th anniversary of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. It was opened by the Duke…
The Church stands on top of a slope at the east end of Hawick High Street. It is a sizeable building set within its own grounds with a session house…
Trinity Church is a good example of a later 19th century Romanesque style church with fine stone detailing to the principal street elevation making a…
The base for Selkirk Doors Open Day 2016, this fine red sandstone French renaissance building was open for guided tours into usually private areas of…
Built in the 19th century, this smoke house, in Mason’s Wynd, between the Masonic Lodge and the Museum, has been in the ownership of the same…
Wilton Parish Church in its commanding position is, undoubtedly, the most imposing building on the north side of the river. Designed by J T Emmett it…
Wilton Park Lodge is a category B listed property set within 107 acres of award winning parkland. Under the ownership of Scottish Borders Council, it…
A building in the English Decorated Style this delightful church with a scissor braced roof has internal furnishings by Sir Robert Lorimer and Stained…
A modern architectural gem in a countryside setting. This glass, brick and concrete structure seems to grow out of the ground and float among the…
Members of the Flood Schemes project team will lead tours of the new flood defences. These will take in the riverside defences, the new Bridge Street…
Rowlands is a youth project based in an old hardware store bequeathed by the owner Rowland Tait to the young people of Selkirk.�
The building was originally built in the mid-19th century as part of the Hawick Corn Exchange. Following fire damage it was brought back into use in…
The fire station opened in 1970. Fully operational Community Fire Station consisting of a Wholetime Firefighter element who are present 24/7 and also…
The building dates from 1922 when the brethren moved from Myrelawsgreen in Hawick.Tours at 13:15 and 14:00 (and potentially 14:45 if enough…
The original building dates back to c 1600, with 1859 alterations by Wm Hall &Co Galashiels, and further works in 1910 by JP Allison and 1975by…
New centre which only opened in spring 2019, incorporated within Hawick High school to deliver much needed skills back into the textile sectorShowcase…
The building was originally designed for the Hawick Urban Electric Company in a Tudor Cotswold style in the early 20th century and then became an…
The home of Hawick Rugby Football Club. The club room contianing the Bill McLaren Room as well as the trophy room and education room will be open.
An outstanding late-19th century Scottish Baronial town hall on a prominent corner site with a tower that has a commanding presence over the whole…
Dating back to the late 1920s in a loose Art Deco style, the building was used for offices. It was recently converted to become the Hawick Men's Shed…
Borders Textile Towerhouse lets visitors discover the knitwear and tweed story, how the Borders woollen industries reached the height of luxury and…
Richardson and Son and long established local printers in the town. They have been involved in printing a number of publications associated with the…
Walking tour to see some of the key areas of the First World War training & internment camp including parts of the British Guard camp, a…
As part of Doors Open Day, Mark Douglas, the council's Team Leader for Heritage & Design will lead a walk around the town centre to view the works…
Alloa Fire Station opened in 1964. It currently has three fire appliances, including specialist vehicles for urban search and rescue and heavy…
Greenfield House was designed by the Edinburgh architects A G Sydney Mitchell & Wilson for David Paton Thomson, one of the directors of John…
The Earl and Countess of Mar & Kellie's home have some fine family portraits, including a newly arrived three-metre high painting of Walter…
This church was designed by Peddie & Kinnear in Early French Gothic style and replaced a plain 18th century building. In 1902 Scots late Gothic…
The parish church of St Mungo was established in the 14th century then enlarged and the tower raised in 1680-2. The mason was Tobias Bauchop, whose…
The Sheriff Court was built as the new County and Police Buildings to replace Ochil House. It was designed by Brown and Wardrop in a late…
The Speirs Centre was built as Alloa Public Baths and Gymnasium and was gifted by John Thomson Paton, Managing Director of John Paton, Son & Co.…
This fine church was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in a simple Geometric style, with a separate bell-tower and tall, broach spire. It is one…
Designed by James Gillespie Graham to replace the old parish church in Kirkgate, this Late Georgian building is a large, ornate, battlemented…
The church was constructed in dark brown brick and is still modern in appearance though traditional in form: it has a huge east gable with a…
The Alman Dramatic Club was formed in 1939 by a group of fifteen women led by Helen Wright and Nettie Forsyth and soon became the largest performing…
One of the largest and finest towers of its type in Scotland, it was home to the distinguished Erskine family, Earls of Mar, from the later 14th…
James Raymond Johnstone inherited the Alva House estate in 1795. He added a new west wing and probably the stable block and ice house, in c.1810-20.…
The church of St Serf was rebuilt in 1632 but was abandoned in the 1980s when the congregation merged with that of the Eadie Church. It was demolished…
Designed by James Gillespie Graham, this fine building probably replaced the medieval church built on the site in 1249. In perpendicular Georgian…
Clackmannan Tower dates from c1360 and was built by the Bruce family. In the 15th century the building was raised to its current height and the taller…
Clackmannan Town Hall was built in four phases. The main hall was designed by the Alloa architect Adam Frame and built in 1888. The Art Nouveau-style,…
Devon Colliery has had a long history. It was leased to the Alloa Coal Company in 1843, but flooding, which had always been a huge problem, forced it…
This fine independent, community-run museum occupies part of a former early 19th century woollen mill and has permanent displays about the history of…
This is one of only two churches known to have been designed by Sir William Tite, whose architectural practice was mainly concerned with railways. It…
Menstrie Castle was built c1560 as a manor house by the Alexander family. It was the birthplace of Sir William Alexander, who had an illustrious…
Sir James Schaw of Greenock acquired the estate of Sauchie by marriage and probably built Sauchie Tower c.1415. The Schaws were an influential family…
The church was built as a chapel of ease in 1842 and celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2017. The design consists of a plain nave with a tall, square…
Walk 1: The Alloa Wagon Way Alloa Tower was once at the centre of a large estate owned by the Erskines. The 6th Earl of Mar was exiled after leading…
This remarkable burial ground of the Taits of Harviestoun stands on its own in a field and is encircled by a high stone wall. The 5 monuments and wall…
The trail starts at St John’s Primary School and is self-guided thereafter. The architect George Kerr (1865-1927) could be called the ‘Charles Rennie…
This elaborate and unusual church was designed by William Stirling to replace its predecessor, built in 1773 on a site a little to the east. Much of…
Clackmannan was once the county town, where the Sheriff Court was held and where the Tolbooth was built in 1592. There will be guided walks around…
Tullibody is an ancient parish linked with Cambuskenneth Abbey. A church was founded in 1149 and parts of this ruined church are probably of that…
Tullibody is an ancient parish linked with Cambuskenneth Abbey. A church was founded in 1149 and parts of this ruined church are probably of that…
This church was built to replace the Old Kirk and remains remarkably unaltered. It is of plain form and was designed by P Macgregor Chalmers. It…
The picturesque and intriguing ruin of Kennetpans Distillery was the birthplace of the Scottish whisky industry. Founded in the early 18th century by…
Tullibody Community Garden is run by the charity Tullibody Healthy Living. The garden is cultivated by volunteers, who gain valuable horticultural…
Allanton Sanctuary is a beautiful harled late Georgian laird’s house, enlarged and remodelled as a mid-Victorian Baronial manor, which is now the…
Start from Gracefield Arts Centre, Edinburgh Road, Dumfries, where you can see the 'Three Cones' and pick up an itinerary from the gallery with full…
This family friendly museum houses a permanent exhibition on the history of Annan and surrounding area. Travel in time from the prehistory to the era…
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This Category B listed building is owned by Dumfriesshire Freemasons, and, as its name suggests, was built in 1825 for assembly and celebration.…
A harled, T-plan Kirk, the body built around 1750 with the north aisle added in 1833 by William McCandlish. The west gable has a pyramid-topped…
Visit this workshop in the beautiful Glenkens to discover how contemporary and traditional clogs are made by hand. Godfrey Smith has recently made…
Barfil Farm is a 144 hectare upland farm running traditional Galloway cattle, Blackface and Castlemilk Moorit sheep, pigs and hens. Maggie Gordon and…
Your chance to visit the Baron’s Craig Hotel, an impressive Victorian period country house, which became a hotel 100 years ago. The Hotel is blessed…
Just west of Newton Stewart is Barraer Farm, where for many decades Mr James Taylor and his wife Helen have farmed. James Taylor has also created a…
Barstobrick Visitor Centre and Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Biosphere 14 years ago, Barstobrick was upland grazing, but the Austin family have…
Scotland's most southerly and smallest distillery nestles on the green banks of the River Bladnoch, from which it takes its name. The distillery dates…