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Hidden Treasures Museum of Lead Mining
Hidden Treasures, Museum of Lead Mining at Wanlockhead is hidden amongst the Lowther Hills in Scotland's highest village (461m / 1531ft). Visitors can spend a day that is fun for all the family uncovering treasures, including a real 18th century lead…
High Court of Justiciary
Only the outer walls remain of the neo-Georgian Sheriff Court of 1934-37 by the Office of Public Works. The interior was completely remodelled by David le Sueur in 1997 to form high-security courts for the High Court of Justiciary. Wall hanging by…
High Court of Justiciary
Visit the most important court in Glasgow.
See where notorious villains of bygone eras were tried.
Visit courtrooms old and new and the cells where prisoners are housed.
Take a guided tour or wander round at your leisure.
Construction of the High…
High Cross Church
Listed Category B, High Cross Church was built originally for the United Free Church of Scotland and used continuously until 1954 when the congregation joined Melrose Parish Church. The congregation wished it to continue as a place of worship and…
Highland Archive and Registration Centre
This year to mark the 10th anniversary of the Highland Archive Centre, our display will focus on some of the favourite items from our diverse collections.Uncover stories from the past at the Highland Archive and Registration Centre. The building…
Highland Hospice
When faced with life shortening illness, death and bereavement, the people of the Highlands deserve the best possible care and support. At Highland Hospice our ambition is to ensure they receive this.
During the design phase for our new Inpatient…
Highland Parish Church, Campbeltown
The building replaced the Old Gaelic Church, which served the Gaelic-speaking population of Campbeltown. The design, by George Dempster of Greenock, is a 2-storey classical building with a central entrance bell tower and 2 rectangular stair towers.…
Highland Print Studio
Highland Print Studio is an open-access studio with facilities for printmaking and digital imaging. The Studio teaches a range of techniques including; etching, screen printing, woodcut, linocut and wood engraving, alongside photo-based techniques…
Hill Church
The Church is a rectangular building with an eighty foot tower and a Pagoda style top. Built in 1824 it was the former parish Church and is on a site where a church has been since the 12th Century.The building is currently used by Blairgowrie Players…
Hill House
The Hill? House on Upper Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh was designed 1902 ? 1904, by Scotland?s world famous architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a family home for Glasgow book publisher, Walter Blackie.??????
Hillhead Bridge
Hillhead Canal swing bridge was in 1938 to replace a bascule bridge nearby. The contractors were Sir William Arrol & Co. of Glasgow. The Bridge has recently been renovated and put back in working order.
Hillhead Sculpture Studios
Two converted poracabins which form a creative studio space for arts and creative workshops
Hills Tower
Visit the newly restored 16th century stronghold of the Maxwell family.Hills or Hillis Tower is a 1527 tower house with a 1721 house attached complete with gatehouse and barmkin. Built by the Maxwells it passed to the McCulloch’s of Ardwall in 1733.…
Hippodrome
The Hippodrome is Scotland's oldest surviving purpose built cinema, designed by local architect Matthew Steele in 1911 in response to a commission from film-maker Louis Dickson, who wanted somewhere to show his films. The building's most notable…
His Majesty's Theatre
Recognised as one of the finest examples of an Edwardian theatre in the country. Its designer, the great theatre architect Frank Matcham, made skilful use of the natural slope of the site to produce a house with a seating capacity of 1450.
Historic Environment Scotland's Engine Shed at Forthside
The Engine Shed was once a military goods and transfers shed. It was built sometime between 1896 and 1913 but the exact details of its construction were subject to an information blackout and are still unknown today. Historic Environment Scotland…
Historic Kilmun
A church graveyard, ruined tower and mausoleum. The history of Scotland in a small country village. From royalty to traitors, from the first woman doctor to body snatchers and some of the best stained glass in Scotland. One of onluy two remaining…
Historic Walking Tour of Turriff
There will be a historical walk around Turriff,?which will take place at 12:30pm leaving from?the Auld Post Office Museum with a wee visit?to the Auld Kirk yard included in the walk.
Historical Forfar Tour
Enjoy a guided walk of the town with Forfar and District Historical Society. This two hour walk will follow the old shoreline of Forfar Loch where it bounded the Royal Burgh.
HM Prison Dumfries
Built in 1883 to replace old prisons in Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Stranraer, this castellated building was the work of Major-General T.B. Collinson, the architect and engineer to the Scottish Prisons Department. The original purpose of the prison…
HM Prison Edinburgh: Visitor Centre
Visitor centre opened in 1999, and designed in close consultation with the users. The pre-patinated roof covers a welcoming timber-panelled space with creche, caf? and counselling rooms. On the south side of Stenhouse Road, 150m east of Stenhouse…
HMP Castle Huntly
Originating as a mid-15th century L-plan tower house, this 600 year old castle dramatically perches on a steep rocky outcrop overlooking the Carse of Gowrie.Drop in for a guided tour that includes the site’s designed landscape of terraced gardens,…
HMP Greenock - this tour is now full
HMP Greenock was built between 1907 and 1910, taking its first prisoners on 28th August 1910. HMP Greenock provides accommodation for both short and long term offenders. There are three residential halls and two community integration units and has a…
HMP Inverness
HMP Inverness is Scotland's smallest prison. Built around 110 years ago, HMP Inverness is the local prison serving the Highland, Islands and Moray courts, holding around 115 convicted and untried males and a small number of women nearing the end of…
HMS Unicorn
At nearly 200 years old, HMS Unicorn is one of the world’s most remarkable historic ships and preserved as a museum and visitor attraction in Dundee with four atmospheric decks for visitors to explore.So step back in time and learn about life at sea,…
Holmwood House
Holmwood is a detached house designed by renowned architect Alexander �Greek� Thomson. Masterfully designed but surprisingly cosy, Holmwood is a family home with grand imagination behind it. Visit this inspiring setting to see how the other half…
Holy Family & St Ninian's RC Church
Holy Family & St Ninian's, opened in 1893, was the first fully-furnished post-Reformation Roman Catholic church to be built in Kirkintilloch. It replaced a temporary structure dating from 1874. It is built in Gothic style of red Dumfriesshire…
HOLY NAME CHURCH, OAKLEY
The present Holy Name Church was designed and opened in 1958, and constructed in the early Scottish style by Charles W Gray. It was built by the Smith-Sligo family of Inzievar House. Particularly outstanding features are the stained glass windows,…
Holy Trinity 1559
This tour was funded by St Andrews Community Trust.
Holy Trinity Chapel
The Chapel was built in 1857 and was the private place of worship of the Baillie Cochrane family and the burial place of the first Lord Lamington. Only the surrounding village and this tiny chapel remain to recall a way a life which flourished and…
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Category A listed, 13th century Gothic in style. His designs for tower and steeple were abadoned and a truncated tower by Roger Pinkney completed the building in 1964. Outstanding stained glass by Clayton & Bells and others. Splendid reredos.…
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Listed Category B, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church was designed by the well-known Benjamin Ferrey, while Hay and Henderson designed the much decorated chancel and transepts in 1899.� In 1900, the transept stained glass window by Kempe was inserted.…
HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Fine Victorian church from 1891 by architect Rowand Anderson who also encased the attractive 1895 Hamilton church organ. Enjoy the lovely Kempe & Wilson stained glass windows and let the children have fun hunting out the quiz clues.
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Keith
This Gothic church was designed by Alexander Ross, 1882 replacing the small, plain building (1808) behind Land Street.Amongst the fittings is the Seabury Chair used by Bishop Kilgour when consecrated as the first American Episcopal bishop in Aberdeen…
Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church
Holy Trinity, Stirling, dating from the late 1878 is a stunning Category A Listed church.Converted by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson in 1921 to commemorate the fallen of World War 1, the building and it's interior are in near original condition. There…
Holyrood Abbey Church of Scotland
Holyrood Abbey Church of Scotland has its roots in two nineteenth-century missions begun in the Canongate area of Edinburgh by the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church respectively, though they later rejoined the Church of Scotland. The…
Holyrood Evangelical Church
A small, late Gothic style church of 1895 by Hippolyte Blanc, on two levels. Above is the sanctuary with a false hammerbeam roof, entered by a newly created foyer. Below are modernised halls and other facilities. Originally a church, then a community…
Holyrood Palace
The abbey of Holyrood was founded in the twelfth century. During the late Middle Ages the monastery’s guest house gradually evolved into a royal residence. In the early 1500s King James IV ordered the creation of a new palace next to the original…
Holyrood Palace
The abbey of Holyrood was founded in the twelfth century. During the late Middle Ages the monastery’s guest house gradually evolved into a royal residence. In the early 1500s King James IV ordered the creation of a new palace next to the original…
Holyrood Park Education Centre
Historic Scotland's new Education Centre and Park Ranger Station for Holyrood Park, designed by Malcolm Fraser, replaces undistinguished changing rooms and provides much needed space for introducing school parties and other groups to the history and…
Holyroodhouse Palace
The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the Queen's official residence in Scotland and contains many artefacts of Scottish royal history.
The Queen's Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse hosts a programme of changing exhibitions from the Royal…
The Queen's Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse hosts a programme of changing exhibitions from the Royal…
Holyroodhouse Palace
The Palace of Holyroodhouse is the Queen's official residence in Scotland and contains many artefacts of Scottish royal history.
The Queen's Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse hosts a programme of changing exhibitions from the Royal…
Home Front Walk Glasgow Buildings in Wartime 1939-1945
Explore Glasgow city centre transformed by the culture of war: shelters, sandbags, sirens, the blackout, emergency water tanks, mobile canteens, allied soldiers, wartime entertainment and visiting dignitaries.
Starting at the Mitchell Library and…
Hope Paton Bowling Green
Opened in 1904, this bowling green, and gardens, following the generosity of Miss Hope Paton, the daughter of a wealthy merchant who wanted to leave a mark on her hometown.
The club has enjoyed a busy history and much local support.
This tour is a…
The club has enjoyed a busy history and much local support.
This tour is a…
horner + maclennan
horner + maclennan landscape architects practice is located within the former dairy maids house at the south end of the former Dochfour Farm Steading. The building was designed by Mathews and Lawrie in 1872. It is Italianate in style and comprises a…
Hoskins Architects
We design all different types of innovative buildings and spaces using models to help explain our ideas. Visit our studio, see our model collection and get involved with out drop-in Future City plasticine building activity. Be it a school, a fire…
Hospitalfield House
Hospitalfield runs a highly regarding programme of artists’ residencies and actively commissions new work by contemporary artists. Visitors are actively encouraged to access the house and grounds through tours of the interiors, walks in the garden…
House for an Art Lover
A stunning building completed in 1996 from original designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Set in leafy Bellahouston Park, House for an Art Lover has been realised in materials, craftsmanship and dimensions as closely as possible to the original…
House of Dun
The House of Dun is a National Trust for Scotland property in the parish of Dun, lying close to the edge of Montrose Basin and situated approximatley half way between the towns of Montrose and Brechin, in Angus, Scotland.
House of Dun
The House of Dun is a National Trust for Scotland property in the parish of Dun, lying close to the edge of Montrose Basin and situated approximatley half way between the towns of Montrose and Brechin, in Angus, Scotland.
House of Memories
The museum is run by the local history society and provides a glimpse into Monifieth’s past with a permanent exhibition of memorabilia on display.
House of Schivas, Ythanbank, Ellon
Enjoy a unique opportunity to see around the House of Schivas which is in private ownership. Five families lived at Schivas influencing not only the history and architecture of Schivas but the local area and even the country. Discover the story of…
Houston - Houston & Killellan Kirk
Built in 1987 and restored in 1938, the Houston and Killellan Church is a result of a merger between the parishes of Houston and Killellan in 1771. View the special stained glass windows and display of pulpit falls.
Howwood - Howwood Parish Church
Modest gothic church but with splendid stained glass memorialising the laird and mill owners. The two west side windows, 1858, gifted by the Harveys of Castle Semple, the main window for a "delightful daughter" who died in 1871. Windows to…
Hoy Water Treatment & Pumping Station
A 1950s building with an exciting reinforced concrete design. Open between 12.00 noon and 4.00pm only. Guided tour. Information leaflets available. signposted from B874.
Huf Haus - FULLY BOOKED
Tours of this site are now fully bookedA Huf Haus is a state-of-the-art, bespoke, timber-frame design which connects living with nature. The Huf Haus at Ascog, Isle of Bute, was completed in the early spring of 2011. The key objectives were to build…
Hugh Miller's Birthplace Cottage & Museum
Fossil Hunter, folklorist, stonemason, geologist, newspaper editor, social justice campaigner - Hugh Miller was one of the great Scots of the 19th Century. His quests and writings have left a huge legacy of knowledge but as the two adjacent…
Hume Castle
Hume Castle dates from the 13C as a frontier defence. It was captured in 1574, 1549, 1569 and lastly demolished in 1651 by Cromwell's artillery under Colonel Fenwick, despite the Governor's defiant statement: "I, Willie Wastle, stand firm in my…
Humpty House
Humpty House was the winner of Dundee Institute of Architects’ Supreme Award 2017. It is a contemporary family home and architect’s office, overlooking Lintrathen Loch.The house is located to the south west of Bridgend of Lintrathen.
Hunterian Taster Session
Over one million objects from the Hunterian collections will soon be housed in state of the art facilities at Kelvin Hall. Come and see a small selection and discover the fascinating stories behind them.�
Hunterston B Power Station
Visitor Centre offers guided tours of the Station where you will find out more about nuclear power and the generation of electricity. Informative exhibitions and videos highlighting care and protection of the environment and safe running of the Power…
Huntly Fire Station
Huntly Fire Station forms part of the Grampian Fire Brigade. There are four whole time operational fire stations all with in the city of Aberdeen. A day crew station serves the town of Peterhead and surrounding district. The remainder of the Brigade…
Huntly Parish Church
On truly a massive scale (seating for 1800), a huge, rough ashlar pediment-gabled rectangle with four round-arched windows and central Roman Doric pedimented doorway on each main side. The west gable has a deeply recessed central doorway with windows…
Huntly Police Station
Subtle, elongated granite ashlar two-storey front to street with two end bays set back by splays, having symmetrical-but-offset array of openings at centre.The Huntly Police Station is part of the South Aberdeenshire Command Area. The area covers…
Huntly, Christ Church
Although out-with the focus area, Christ Church has kindly agreed to participate this year.Christ Church is a grade B listed building with an attractive simple nave and chancel, tall narrow lancets and octagonal spirelet. There is a wooden Arts and…
Huntly, Forgue Kirk
Although out-with the focus area, Forgue Kirk has kindly agreed to participate in this years event. The Category B listed former Parish of Forgue Kirk stands in the old Kirkyard on a hill overlooking the Forgue Burn. The Kirk was built in 1819 on the…
Hydro Aluminium Extrusion Ltd
A chance to see inside an Aluminium Extrusion manufacturing plant.
Hyndford Mills
Disused derelict water mill site owned by Mr Jim Orr, Charleston Parks Farm, Lanark. Clydesdale Mills Society formed to explore the history of the site by the study of archive records and excavation.
OS maps indicate the site was disused in 1986 but…
Hyndford Mills Excavation
Disused derelict water mill site owned by Mr Jim Orr, Charleston Parks Farm, Lanark. Clydesdale Mills Society formed to explore the history of the site by the study of archive records and excavation. OS maps indicate the site was disused in 1986 but…
Hyndland Parish Church
Be uplifted and inspired by the beauty and peace of this Leiper building. View the exquisite windows and flowers and hear about the lives behind the names on the WW1 Memorial.�����
Iain Fraser Resources Centre
Another building that has been put to many uses over the years. The front half of the Society's premises was built as a church hall then used as a warehouse in the 1930s. The Resource Centre was opened by Princess Margaret in 1994 and provides…
Icehouse, Fisherman's Bothy & Store
Dunbeath Preservation Trust's historic harbour buildings.
ICMS & ECCI
Home to the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences and the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, the former College Street United Presbyterian Church was built in 1856 in Graeco-Italian style by Patrick Wilson.The finely detailed temple…
Illicit Still Experience
Tomintoul is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland; until 1975, it was in the county of Banffshire.
Illicit Still Experience
Tomintoul is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland; until 1975, it was in the county of Banffshire.
Inch House Community Centre
Inch House is a traditional early 17th century Scottish tower house, set in a magnificent surrounding park.˜ Although greatly extended in baronial style in the 1890s by the architects MacGibbon & Ross, it maintains much of its original grace and…
Inch Nursery
The Inch Nursery is City of Edinburgh Council�s plant nursery and training centre covering a 10 acre site within Inch Park. Opened in 1982, it produces around a million plants each year. These are used for the City�s parks, gardens, planters and…
Inch Park Sports Community Club
A new community based sports hub combining changing accommodation with social and community use. The building is designed to fit into the surrounding landscape and to enhance the natural environment. The building is a result of the efforts of three…
Inchindown Oil Storage Tanks
A rare chance to explore the tunnels constructed to ensure a constant supply of oil to Invergordon during World War II.
Inchinnan - 106 Battalion Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
Various displays of weapons, vehicles and equipment
Inchinnan - Inchinnan Parish Church
Virtual reconstruction of All Hallows Church (Inchinnan), built in 1900 and demolished in 1965 to allow the extension of the airfield at Abbotsinch. Created for the Inchinnan Historical Interest Group. The digital reconstruction is based on historic…
Inchture Parish Church
Inchture is a Grade 2 listed building which has recently been restored externally and refurbished internally to provide an accessible, modern facility which retains its 19th century character. During the refurbishment, a burial vault belonging to the…
Informatics Forum
Did you know the Informatics Forum has a garden roof terrace with a wonderful view of the surrounding area, including Arthur?s Seat? Opened in September 2008, the Informatics Forum is a fit for purpose building, providing a Forum for Interaction that…
Ingleby Gallery
The gallery has been created in the building that formerly housed �The Venue�, an infamous nightclub on Calton Road. On the ground floor there is a small gallery and print and publications room. On the upper floor there is a large gallery space. A…