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Leith Town Hall and Sheriff Court are situated within Leith Police station. Built in 1828 to a design by R. and R. Dicksons, the building contains the Victorian debating chamber, more commonly referred to as the old Leith town hall, unaltered since…

The Leith Theatre complex was a gift to the people following the decision to incorporate the Burgh of Leith into Edinburgh.The building has seen bomb damage and dereliction, but the decades spent shut have also preserved much of the 30s Art Deco…

Built in 1868 as a church for Norwegian seamen visiting Leith and still occasionally used by the Norwegian community in Edinburgh. Leith School of Art was founded in 1988 and the building was adapted and extended in 2000 by Hugh Martin &…

Leith Police Station is the old Leith Town Hall, built 1827-28 by R & R Dickson as the Leith Sheriff Court. From the Queen Charlotte Street entrance, a grand ceremonial stair leads to the magnificent old Council Chamber. Huge panoramic painting of…

First planted with the help of hundreds of local children in 2010, the Leith Links Children’s Orchard incorporates 90 apple, pear, plum and cherry trees. It is bounded by a lengthy “berry” hedge made of more edible plants. Many…

The Leith Links allotments will be open for the first time as part of Doors Open Day, in conjunction with the Greener Leith Children’s orchard. Go and see productive plots, join in the BBQ and learn what’s involved in tending the plots.

Leith Hall was built as a Scottish Tower House. It has been added to by successive generations of the Leith-Hay family with the last additions being completed in 1902. It has been in the care of the National Trust for Scotland since 1945.The Doors…

French Gothic meets Victorian Glasgow. Fine Art gallery in William Leiper's A-listed red sandstone tower with sculpture by William Birnie Rhind. Home to Alexander Reid show showed the Glasgow Boys here.Limited disabled accessFor more information…

Come and visit Scotland’s oldest purpose-built private library, prominently located within the centre of the historic Cathedral City of Dunblane and close to the Golden Post-box. This impressive Category A Listed traditional building is over…

Lecropt Parish Church dates from the early 1800s and the large pinnacle tower of this Category A Listed Building is now just visible from the M9 above the trees which have grown up around it. The interior is described as being of great interest and…

Completed in 2004 at a cost of £1.2m and designed by TCD Architects, Aberdeen, this impressive building combines all of the facilities which used to be accommodated in a clutter of wooden buildings which had grown up over the years.

A large gabled villa, a showpiece in its heyday, with walled garden, exotic plants and private electricity supply. Extensive glazed outbuildings and a hall that was used by the community. This was the home of Sir William Watson Cheyne, assistant to…

Founded in 1741 Leadhills Miners Library is the world's oldest working-class subscription library. Containing 3,000 of some of the rarest books in Scotland, the library is recognised as being of national importance.As well as its book collection, the…

Run entirely by volunteers in the historic village of Leadhills, the railway incorporates period diesel locomotives and 0.75 mile of narrow gauge track. Also a signalbox formed from material recovered from the branch line viaduct. Leadhills has the…

Unival, a small, roughly-built, square passage grave lies on an elevated plateau on the hill of the same name, and, as Beveridge noted, carries the Gaelic name, ‘Leacach an Tigh Chloiche’, or ‘place of slabs of the stone house’. Excavated by Sir…

Unival, a small, roughly-built, square passage grave lies on an elevated plateau on the hill of the same name, and, as Beveridge noted, carries the Gaelic name, ‘Leacach an Tigh Chloiche’, or ‘place of slabs of the stone house’. Excavated by Sir…

Law’s Close, known locally as “The Merchants House” is a Category ‘A’ listed building and one of the best preserved 16th century town houses in Scotland. Situated on the High Street in Kirkcaldy with views across the Firth of Forth towards Edinburgh.…

With the first yeast pitched in November, 2014, Lawman Brewing Company is one of the smallest breweries in the UK. The original brewkit could produce only two casks of beer per brew, with three fermenters running constantly to keep up with demand. As…

The tower house built in the 1590s for Sir Archibald Napier, whose son John is best known for his exploration of logarithms. The house was extended in 1824 by architect William Burn. Opulent Edwardian interiors by William R Reid, who bought the house…

Laudate House has accommodated the German speaking congregation in Edinburgh since 1967 when it was built by the architect Reiach & Hall to designs by Alfred Schildt. It is a purpose built community style centre typical of the time with a large…

Congregation dates from the Disruption of 1843. Building reconstructed late 19C in French Romanesque style by Archibald J Grahame, his only monument, recently rennovated. Fine stained glass by Douglas Strachan.Service 10.00am

Red sandstone church by Henry Steele and Andrew Balfour, 1892.Three-stage tower with spire and clock. Interesting carved octagonal pulpit and notable windows by Stephen Adam, Cottier, Douglas Strachan, Gordon Webster and Winfield. Father Willis…

Within Auld Kirkyard, off Main Street, near Museum.1636 Renaissance-style canopied tomb within mausoleum to Montgomerie family. Splendid painted barrel-vaulted timber ceiling. Owned by Historic Scotland. Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane Mausoleum in…

Private museum containing instruments, uniforms and memorabilia relating to the aircraft reporting duties in WW2 and the potential nuclear missile attack scenarios on Scotland during the Cold War. Contains a mock up above ground aircraft reporting…

Opened in 1910 and still largely in original condition with many original features and furniture.

Largs Museum Trust presents a fine collection of domestic artefacts, seaside souvenirs, and photographs of old Largs and Australian connections; and archival material for researchers.Display includes Largs' involvement in planning D Day during the…

Impressive Early English Gothic in red sandstone. Rich interior with hammer beam roof, Willis organ, and outstanding stained glass by Stephen Adam, David Gauld, Christopher Whall and Meikle & Son. Recent conservation work and interior changes.

Access all areas! Backstage tours on the hour to show you behind the scenes and reveal technical aspects of the stage. Hear about stars who have performed here, learn of the superstitions.

Boathouse built 1998 to house Atlantic 75 lifeboat Peggy Keith Learmond. Largs was the first station in Scotland to operate a B class Atlantic 21 lifeboat, following successful trials of prototype B-500 in 1972.

The current building of Largo Parish Church dates from 1620 with a number of alterations over the years. Major restoration in 2015-17 involved external stonework repairs and work on the stained glass and leaded windows. There is a wealth of local…

Two Gothic gables present to the main road, the larger to the main church and the smaller to the original church (1898, now the church hall).

Built alongside the Dobbie Hall in 1904 and designed by the same architects, A & W Black, the former library building reflects the hall’s rich façade. It is one of 2509 libraries around the world built between 1883 and 1929 with money donated by…

Adjacent to the parish church is a burial ground whose magnificent monuments neatly illustrate the advent of the Industrial Revolution in Scotland. They are dominated by those relating to the Carron Ironworks, which was established in 1759. The large…

In the 17th century Larbert Church was caught up in national politics. King James VI exiled Reverend Robert Bruce of Kinnaird to his home parish. Bruce naturally started to preach from the pulpit of the old semi-deserted church, fulfilling the roll…

This B-Listed Gothic-style church, prominent at this road junction includes a square and finialled tower and belfry on the roadside corner to a substantial entrance gable. The roof-line sweeps down over the side aisles. Originally built for the…

A striking little modern church with an unusual drum feature on the street frontage. It replaces the original early 20C building.

This multi-purpose church building dates from 1995, extended in 2011. Here you can see a spectacular 12 foot oil-on-canvas portrayal of The Last Supper (Stuart Duffin RSA, 2012), along with stained glass by Adam and Webster (1909, 1952).For more…

Originally the National Bank of Scotland in Queen Street, Langside Halls was dismantled and moved brick by brick to its present location in 1902-03. Take a tour of this unique building, and learn about its architecture, sculptures and…

Visit the Georgian-survival gothic Langholm Parish Church, designed by William Burn and David Bryce in 1842-6. The exterior of the church is ashlar-clad and internally it is graced by a beautiful pulpit, galleries and is dominated by a magnificent…

Barpa Langass is the largest and best preserved of the Neolithic chambered burial cairns on North Uist. According to Erskine Beveridge its massive size suggests that it was the burial place of some great chief and was intended as both a tomb and a…

Barpa Langass is the largest and best preserved of the Neolithic chambered burial cairns on North Uist. According to Erskine Beveridge its massive size suggests that it was the burial place of some great chief and was intended as both a tomb and a…

The Lanarkshire Family History Society centre has Microfilm Viewers, PC with internet access, a large selection of Lanarkshire/Glasgow Maps from 1856, many records and files which are of use in compiling your family tree. There is also a growing…

Lanarkshire Muslim Welfare Society was established through the efforts of five local businessmen in 1980. In 1997 the Society located a site and started taking donations for the construction of a new Mosque. After 8 years, the Mosque opened in 2005…

Lanark Museum houses a collection of items which illustrate the ancient and varied history of the town.Includes and exhibition based on a "Timeline of Lanark" and includes collection items from the Stone Age, Roman Times and Medieval Artefacts as…

A rare chance to visit an operational fire station. Lanark Fire Station is the Area Headquarters for South Lanarkshire. Please note that this is an operational Fire Station therefore engines may be unavailable.

Boathouse built 1985 to house the B class Atlantic 75 lifeboat covering inshore waters around the coast of Arran. Larger boathouse built 1997 near the Old Pier to provide crew training room and to house a B class Atlantic 21 lifeboat and launching…

Lambhill Stables is a vibrant community facility in the north of Glasgow. Our two-hundred year old 'B' listed building and extensive gardens provide a range of opportunities for people of all ages to meet, gather, learn and grow.����

Lamb�s House was built in 1610 by Andro Lamb, merchant. It was saved from demolition by the 4th Marquis of Bute in 1938-40. His son gave the house to the National Trust for Scotland in 1958. They completed the external restoration and a single storey…

Lakeland is situated in a heritage-rich store at 50 St John's Street. Built as the headquarters of the Central Bank and designed by David Rhind, this mid-19th century building, reminiscent of an Italian palazzo, is as richly decorated on the inside…

The swimming pool was gifted to the town in 1923 by Provost James Laidlaw.�It was extended to provide a 25 metre pool in 1974, and a fitness suite was added in 1990. In 2005, threatened with closure, it was taken over by a trust on behalf of the…

Single-storey, thatched, cruck-framed longhouse once typical of the area, now a museum of crofting in Caithness Tel: (01593) 731244

Endowed by Sophia, Marchioness of Bute, in memory of her tragic sister Lady Flora Hastings. Opened as a school for girls in 1877 and continued until 1919. Became the Women's Institute, closing 1981. Recently refurbished by Kirk Care as a senior…

Visit the historic Kincardine former parish church with its unique ceiling. There is also a graveyard with several interesting grave slabs. See the Kincardine Pictish gravemarker and hear the latest discoveries which the Kyle of Sutherland Heritage…

Liz and Simon Holmes invite you to enjoy the sights, sounds and indeed the memories of a tranquill Carsphairn glen. Today the site of two annual World/Celtic music festivals, the natural landscape contains a wealth of wildlife.

A stone-lined underground chamber, possibly built as a souterrain in the late Bronze Age, but thought to have been used more recently as an illicit still.

The stonebuilt Category B listed Knightswood St. Margaret's Parish Church, designed by the well known architect Sir Robert Lorimer, dominates Knightwood Cross and inside, with its lofty wooden ceiling and beautiful stained glass windows, has the…

Kittybrewster Police Station?has various police departments.

Access is by pre-booked tour only. Airlie Estates, including Cortachy Castle and Airlie Castle have been held by the Ogilvy Family for at least 700 years. One of the most distinguished families in Scotland, they take their name from Gillibride,…

This is a sandstone built Church with square tower. The interior is finished sandstone with quotations etched into the sandstone.The Architect is Me MacGrego Chambers

This station is normally staffed by up to 20 personnel working on a retained duty system. It is provided with 2 fire appliances which are equipped to deal with all types of emergency including structural fires and road traffic collisions.All of the…

The East Church amalgamated in 1967 from two churches —the Paterson and King Street congregations. The current congregation worships in this King Street building, built in 1897, on the upper level, and the ground floor has the Hub and a variety of…

The design of the church is late Georgian Gothic despite its Victorian date. High in the north gable above the big pointed window with Y-traceried mullionsis a circular stone heraldic panel with the coat of arms of William Kennedy Abbot of…

At southern end of village up hill at the Shanter Hotel Robert Adam church 1777, restored 1997, which replaced 1230 building now a ruin in Old Church Kirkyard. Links with Robert Burns who studied mathematics here, and with Dwight D Eisenhower who…

Old church c.1230 is a ruin. It is reputed to have been built on the site of a church built by Oswald, King of Northumbria. It contains an old font from Crossraguel Abbey said to be the one in which Robert the Bruce was baptised. Graves of many of…

The present church dates from 1787 and is believed to be the third on the site. The central stone pulpit is a memorial to the fallen of WW1. The notable Cassillis Loft was built for and by teh kennedy Family. Splendid stained glass windows,…

Simple parish kirk set in burial ground close by the River Avon. No longer in ecclesiastical use.

Old weaver's cottage now a community shop and cafe, opposite McCosh Hall. Once Jock's Restaurant, with the help of c.50 volunteers the enterprise is thriving aided by Isi's home baking.

The medieval buildings at Kirkmichael were originally a pre-Reformation church, becoming a post-Reformation kirk until it was replaced in 1769. The buildings have survived as mausoleum from that date, although requiring to be restored in a major…

As trouble and religions strife racked Scotland and noblemen and gentry queued to sign with their own blood the National Covenant, protesting against the rules and regulations being forced on them, work began on a small church, a Kirk. It was the…

Kirkliston Parish Church was built in about 1200 while the Bell Tower is a bird cage belfry with a single bell dated 1687. Many interesting graves including a gravestone with two carved heads both wearing glasses. Stained glass windows and, on one of…

A walking tour started from Kirkintilloch Town Hall and tracing the former course of Kirkintilloch's Passenger Railway which closed in 1964.

Originally opened to the public in 1906, Kirkintilloch Town Hall has had a new lease of life reopening after refurbishment in 2018.This year the Town Hall will be open for a heritage talk and pop-up exhibition on the life of Dorothee Pullinger and…

Hillhead Sculpture Studio has been working in Hillhead, Kirkintilloch since 2010, engaging local people and children in traditional craft and heritage learning activities. Kirkintilloch's Industrial Past's artists Becky Sik and Elspeth Bennie have…

Site of a former canal boatbuilding yard, now a focus for canalside leisure activities.

This impressive church has been completed very recently, to replace a more traditional building on the same site. The building, designed by Davis Duncan Architects of Glasgow, was opened officially on 16th June 2007. It is clad, distinctively, in…

A complex structure where the Forth & Clyde Canal passes over both the River Luggie and a former railway.

The old Burying Ground at the west end of Kirkgate Park was also the location for the Parish Church until 1743 when a replacement was built on the High Street. This was one of four early places of worship around the Loch which were associated with St…

The Kirkdale sawmill is driven by an overshot waterwheel and dates form the early 1800s. It was used as an estate sawmill and joiners' shop until the 1970s.It has recently been restored with a new sloping roof over the saw bench, replacing the…

Award winning Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society has been transforming this ex-mining village since 1997. Visit the Heritage Base with its collection of photos of life in the village throughout the 20th century, its extensive newspaper archive and…

The original Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court building was built in 1894, and opened in May of that year. A modern extension was added in 1982, providing additional court rooms, chambers and a room (with library) for the use the local faculty of solicitors.

Kirkcaldy Old Kirk is the site of the first Christian worship in Kirkcaldy after the Celtic missionaries brought the faith here in the 5th century. The first written record of the Kirk is in 1244. http://www.kirkcaldyoldkirktrust.org.uk/

Kirkcaldy Old Kirk is the site of the first Christian worship in Kirkcaldy after the Celtic missionaries brought the faith here in the 5th century. The first written record of the Kirk is in 1244. http://www.kirkcaldyoldkirktrust.org.uk/

Experience Kirkcaldy’s heritage inside the oldest building in town in continuous use. View the beautiful stained glass windows by Burne-Jones and William Morris, newly restored, and Crear McCartney; hear the stories of Kirkcaldy’s famous folk – the…

The history of the building is bound up with Dysart House as It once served as offices and laundry for the Sinclair and Nairn families. From 1930 it was the laundry for the Carmelite Monastery. Kirkcaldy Art Club bought the building in 1970 for £150!…

Tucked into a fold of land which shelters it from the sea winds along the Carrick Shore, you will find an extraordinary small building. B listed Kirkandrews Kirk was built in 1906 by Mr James Brown of Knockbrex, as part of the grand architectural…

The Mither Kirk is one of the most historically important buildings in Aberdeen, with some surviving elements from the late 12th century in Collison's Aisle. Since the reformation St Nicholas has consisted of two churches: the West and the East.

Famed landmark building, known as the 'M8 Church'. sits high on hill to immediate south of M8 Glasgow-Edinburgh motorway at its highest point between the two cities.It is a fine example of a James Gillespie Graham parish church built in 1820 and was…

Based within a unique authentic survival of a central hearth homestead, of North European importance, dating to at least the 16C. John Hume, ex-Senior Inspector of Listed Buildings with Historic Scotland, famously described it as his favourite…

A chance to see the inshore lifeboat station in the Solway village of Kippford and get a close up view of the D class lifeboat. Kippford RNLI was established in May 1966 and is now operational all year round.The lifeboat was originally housed in a…

The Smiddy is located next to The Cross in Kippen, right at the centre of the village. It was used by the Rennie family as a blacksmiths for nearly 200 years until the mid-1980s. It is now cared for by the National Trust for Scotland, to whom it…

Situated in the beautiful village of Kippen is the Category B Listed Kippen Parish Church. A church in Kippen was first mentioned in public records in the 1300s, the existing church dates from 1825 and was enlarged in 1928. These works resulted in a…

Being so far inland, Kippen is not somewhere you would expect to find a boat builders! Boats used to be fully built and fitted out in Kippen before being transported to Greenock. Kippen boat builders, James and Niven Miller, moved to Kippen from St…

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Work on this handsome piece of civic pride began in 1737, the year after the Earl of Kintore was elected provost; the cost was borne by him. It is unusual for its date and is now a fine part of the townscape, with graceful external double stairs and…

In 1902 the collector and antiquarian David Marshall left his collection to the inhabitants of Kinross. The Museum has grown over the years and is now housed at the new Community Campus.

Kinnoull Primary School has been in the present building since 1876. The school was built on the site of Witch Hill Quarry. Recently there has been extensive refurbishment and to enhance this, the school community have worked in partnership with…