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Hear stories from men and women we�ve worked withsince 1826. What are the common themes and whathas changed? Discover what we�re doing to…
This room is named after the Senatus Academicus, the supreme body of the University responsible for regulating teaching and discipline and approving…
Built in 1959-60 in neo-Georgian style, a gift of the Besse family in memory of Antonin Besse, this building houses the School’s Fire and…
The United Reformed Church in Shawlands is the successor to the first congregation of Churches of Christ founded in 1839. Designed by Miller &…
An opportunity to learn about the 2017 restoration of the lodge for a private Scottish charitable organisation with before and after photos of the…
Venture behind the scenes of a working candle factory in Govan. Witness the different mesmerising production techniques perfected over 120 years by…
A grotto within a former 19C romantic landscape. Originally faced with sea cliff conglomerate and restored in 2000 by local trust and shell artist…
Archery is held here and can be used in battle or to catch food.
Mid 18C farmhouse superseded by early 19C farmhouse to south, both now linked. Late 19C wing extended to south with new entrance door in re-entrant…
Purpose-built Neo-Classical court house with majestic 4-columned Ionic portico. Recently refurbished to provide 2 large jury courts, 2 small non-jury…
Ever wondered what goes on inside the Sheriff Court? This doors open day come along, see inside the building, meet the players and see the court in…
Enter by the main Court entrance, 2 doors along from the Town House. Tour with an experienced member of court staff talking about the history of the…
Wing added 1903. Interior refurbished after 1989 fire. The seat of justice in Campbeltown for over 100 years, it replaced the old Court House in…
Glasshouse with propagation facilities including a tissue culture unit and cold frames. Developed to provide good quality plant material, both for…
With Norway under German-occupation during the Second World War, Shetland became the base for an operation using Norwegian fishing boats and crew to…
Shetland’s very own artisanal cheese producers will offer visitors a chance to tour their factory this Doors Open Days. BOOKING ESSENTIALCredit photo…
Situated overlooking the West Voe beach in Sumburgh, the Shetland Christian Youth Camp (SCYC) holds its annual children’s’ camp in the summer…
The New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and…
Shetland Museum Boat HallThe New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and…
The New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and…
Shetland Museum Boat HallThe New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and…
The New Shetland Museum and Archives at Hay's Dock, Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, was officially opened on 31 May 2007 by HM Queen Sonja of Norway and…
Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park was formally designated in 1990. The Greenock Cut Visitor Centre is located on the west side of Loch Thom in the hills…
Victorian Scheduled Monument, built in 1857 as a prototype to the Palmerston Forts around the country.
A very unusual survival of an eighteenth century windmill and an adjoining horse gin, all set within the context of a steading with byres dating from…
Located just off the main transport artery M8 Shotts Community Firestation is the furthest east station of the west service delivery area. It provides…
Shutters Open 2009 is a chance for you to send us photographs of your experience of Doors Open Days 2009.Perhaps you've captured a building from…
The Signet Library building (Lower and Upper Libraries), begun in 1810, designed by Robert Reid, with principal interiors by William Stark, was…
Former St Thomas's Church finding a new use as the Guru Nanak Gurdawara Singh Sabha Sikh Temple. Designed by John Henderson 1840-43, the Gothic…
A unique opportunity to experience the Pollokshaws Burgh Halls brought to life with silent film and music.�
Family home and surgery of James Young Simpson who discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform in the dining room, now the Discovery Room, in…
Sir James Young Simpson lived at Simpson House from 1845 to 1870. He was a Scottish doctor and an important figure in the history of medicine. Simpson…
The Sir Ian Wood building provides students and staff with state of the art teaching and learning facilities. It accommodates both formal and informal…
Built in 1912 the Sir John Wilson Town Hall is a Category B Listed Building. The building is a fine example of an early 20th century town hall,…
A wonderful opportunity to visit the National Trust Patrick Geddes apartment located within Ramsay Gardens in the Old Town. This exquisite period Arts…
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…
Preserved wall of the former Shotts Ironworks. A silent memento of the town's 19C industrial heyday.
Access by climbing down a 15ft vertical steel ladder. Warm clothing and sensible shoes required.The first fully restored monitoring post (built 1965)…
John Honeyman, 1893-5, in local warm pink sandstone. Woodwork finely carved by John Crawford. Stained glass by William Guthrie, Stephen Adam and Son,…
Comprises visitor portacabin and Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post, manned until 1991. The primary function was to monitor and report…
Skelmorlie Secret Bunker is a fully restored underground Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post built as part of a UK chain to monitor and report on a…
Visit Kenny Johnson's workshop at its new address of 7 Clairmont Place to learn about his company Skyinbow and their range of electric fiddles.…
Car-free development designed using green technology for a sustainable style of living for Canmore Housing Association by Architects Hackland &…
Sloans building is one of the city's most stunning and impressive venues, set over three floors hosting a decadent ballroom, private snug bar and…
Behind the scenes tour of the University of Glasgow�s award-winning purpose-built Small Animal Hospital. The hospital is one of the most sophisticated…
Recent conversion of a former tropical fish shop into a studio for architects Smith Scott Mullan Associates. It shows inventive use of the two-storey…
Since 1835 this Georgian house in Leith has belonged to Raimes Clark and Co Ltd. It is currently home to the Head Office of Lindsay & Gilmour…
Smuggling, forgery, assault and robbery - the crimes of Ayr's past are laid bare in an intriguing exhibition in the Old Court in the Town Hall…
The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen has been in existence for more than four hundred and fifty years. The Society's present building was sited to…
Solstice in HelmsdaleBe a guest of Clan Hannay for the day, tour of tower and grounds including our 12th century motte, see the kitchen fire in operation and hear how life…
The home of Perth poet William Soutar, this house retains much of its period oak-panelled rooms, stained glass windows, ceramic fire surrounds and…
The cottage and shoemaker's workshop of John Davidson, the real life prototype of Tam's 'ancient trusty, drouthy crony' in Burns'…
Beneath the 19 arches of the South Bridge lies a labyrinth of underground passages and chambers dating from the 18C. Once used as workshops, houses…
Listed Category B 1852-54 by A & W Reid, pointed gothic church with tall three stage tower and spire with clock faces. Braced rafter ceiling…
Motherwell's oldest church, opened in 1789 and extended in 1860. Now the home of South Dalziel Historic Building CIC, centrally located, opposite the…
South Leith Parish Church, founded in 1483, has been the ?Church in the Midst? the historic parish church in Leith for over 500 years. Our historic…
Built into the hillside to minimise its visual impact, the treatment plant screens and de-grits sewage before pumping to the River Forth. Display of…
Listed Category A 1830 almost certainly designed by William Robertson for Mrs Grant of Elchies, South Villa is the epitome of the Regency Villa in…
Dedicated to St Blaan, a nephew of St Columba, this is the third church on this site. The slated roof is of Norwegian pine, landed at the nearby Port…
The Southern Upland Way, from Portpatrick to Cocksburnpath, reaches its highest point, Lowther Hill, 2379ft, near Leadhills. Lowther Hill was once…
Picturesque Southerness Lighthouse stands at the foot of the old part of Southerness village. This is the oldest surviving complete lighthouse in…
Pavilion: A very recent and successful restoration project by the Scottish Historic Buildings Trust, the original pavilion building by W C Joass was…
Visit the launch of Digging In to explore reconstructed World War I Allied and German trench systems, with hands-on activities that help convey the…
Glasgow Traditional Building Forum will host a demonstration of traditional building skills and materials for repairing and maintaining Scotland's…
Springbank was established in 1828 and is the oldest independently owned distillery in Scotland - currently in the hands of the great, great grandson…
The Springfield Church was built in 1865 comprising the original building, and later a modern sanctuary extension was added in 1972/3 with additional…
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…
Voted one of the top 16 churches in the world to take your breath away (churchpop.com) this stunning building is lavishly decorated in the baroque…
Built in 1784 as the first church of the New Town, St Andrew’s Church was designed by Major Andrew Frazer and the unusual elliptical plan, the first…
The church contains the national memorial to Samuel Seabury, consecrated first Bishop of America in Long Acre, Aberdeen, on 14th November 1784. Roof…
Category B Listed Building built by Sir John Gladstone, the church was gifted to the Diocese of Brechin. In the nave, which is faced with Caen stone,…
This tall red sandstone building with its 130ft tall spire dominates Newmarket Street. The use of red-snecked rubble makes it stand out from the…
Formerly known as the Old Parish Church, this square-planned, pavilion-roofed building was designed to accommodate 1,260 worshippers. There is a…
This B listed church designed by Scott Stephen and Gale in 1839 is one of Coatbridge's first buildings. Its slim red sandstone spire, like a Victorian…
St. Andrews is part of Church of Scotland,built 1899 in red sandstone to replace theoriginal building which was built in 1844. Theinside of the…
The first church on the site was built in 1722 and burnt down by Cumberland's troops in 1746. This, the third church, was built by Archibald Simpson,…
St Andrew's House is the headquarters of the Scottish Government and opened the day after war was declared in September 1939. Following years of…
This Category A listed Brutalist building, part of the Cowcaddens emergency services area, is dominated by the red cross of St Andrew's First Aid.…
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 plain neo-Gothic perpendicular rectangular box, barely enlivened at its three-bay eastern front by a clock, a spired bellcote and square and…
Designed in 1905 by J N Scott and A Lorne Campbell in the perpendicular style the church has Art Nouveau details. The three stage tower contains the…
Built in 1799 this building replaced the church in Carluke Churchyard. Construction was completed in 1800. It was designed by Henry Bell, who built…
St Andrew’s Primary School has been formed by the merger of St Gabriel’s Primary School and Sacred Heart Primary School. Originally built in 1966 as…
The building is a purpose built Roman Catholic Church constructed in the mid-1980s and completed in 1987. The Church contains a number of highly…
The church was built in 1892 when Mrs Douglas of Mains acted as "prime mover". It was then a mission church under St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow, and…
St Andrew's Church, the oldest Church in Bellshill, celebrated their 250th Anniversary in 2012. The first church on the site was completed in August…
This tall red sandstone building with its 130ft tall spire dominates Newmarket Street. The use of red-snecked rubble makes it stand out from the…
A site steeped in history, Forteviot has links to 9th century Pictish king Kenneth MacAlpin. This late 18th century church retains an amazing…
This beautiful late 19th century church was designed by Alexander Ross of Inverness and is built in early pointed gothic style.
Set within the sunny village of Callander this particularly attractive Gothic church is Category B Listed and was built by the resident stone mason…
St Andrews 1559This phase of the project has been funded by St Andrews University Research Impact. impact.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ More information here:…
This phase of the project has been funded by St Andrews University Research Impact. impact.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ More information here:…
St Andrews CastleThis castle dates from the 13th century and was built on a northern headland of St Andrews. Now in ruins, the castle still partially watches over the…
This castle dates from the 13th century and was built on a northern headland of St Andrews.
Now in ruins, the castle still partially watches over the…
St Andrews CastleThis castle dates from the 13th century and was built on a northern headland of St Andrews. Now in ruins, the castle still partially watches over the…
St Andrews CathedralThe ruined Roman Catholic cathedral was built 1158 and was the main seat of the Catholic Church in Scotland in the Middle Ages. The cathedral fell…