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The monument on Balmashanner Hill, known locally as “Bummie”, was built in 1920/1. A plaque above the entrance reads ‘Their name liveth for evermore. Erected in Memory of the men of Forfar and District who fell in the Great War 1914-18’. There’s also…

Visit this workshop in the beautiful Glenkens to discover how contemporary and traditional clogs are made by hand. Godfrey Smith has recently made clogs on commission for the National Museum of Scotland but also makes leather boots, shoes and…

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 bellcote. The windows were given their present round-headed appearance in 1886. The interior is remarkable…

Ballone Castle was built in 1590 on the cliff edge above the raised beach, and has dramatic views out across the Moray Firth. The Dunbars from Morayshire built the original Z plan castle which was extended in 1623 by the MacKenzies to create a brew…

An opportunity to take a short walking tour of Ballogie Estates Home Farm and Ballogie House. The impressive Home Farm was constructed in a court-yard plan from pink coursed granite rubble with additions and alterations by Walker and Beattie in the…

The steep wooded gorge of the river Avon forms a panoramic setting for bridge by Robert Burn (1800) and Baronial Revival gate lodge with arched entrance to Ballindalloch Castle (Thomas Mackenzie, architect, Elgin, 1850).

The home base of Tilly Smith, who runs the Cairngorm Reindeer Herd. This is a working farm with a fascinating range of unusual farm animals including Soay sheep, wild boar, water buffalo, belted Galloway cattle and reindeer. There is also a rare…

Category C Listed, the Lodge was purpose built in 1896 by local builders William Duguid and Son. Ballater Masonic Lodge is a distinctive building with its fine detail apparent in the unusual 2-stage tower. It proves an unusual aspect in the…

Ballater fire station provides fire cover for the community of Ballater and the surrounding area. Ballater is a retained station and is crewed by local members of the community who are on 24 hour call and respond to a fire call as and when required.…

Mid 18C farmhouse with good quality interior woodwork, panelled doors, moulded ceiling joists, box beds and cupboards.

Balhouise Castle dates to the 12th century and is home to the Black Watch Museum, a 5 star visitor attraction sharing the story of Scotland’s oldest Highland Regiment. There is also the highly acclaimed Castle Gift Shop and café.

Balhousie Care Home is a modern, purpose-built care home.

Built by a cadet of Forbes of Corsindae, Balfluig was burnt by Montrose'e men after the battle of Alford in 1645. Farquharson of Haughton bought the estate in 1753. In the 1920s the estate was sold piecemeal, and in 1967 the present owner bought and…

Completed in July 1884 and built of free stone in early English style by architect Mr James Fairley of Edinburgh. The church has a hammerbeam roof and in the south gable there is a stained glass window which was gifted by a Mrs Braidwood in memory of…

The church is a lovely example of a late 18th century rural parish church. The interior has rich timber work and the graveyard hosts interesting gravestones. There is a listing of headstones in the Watch House. The Watch House, which was built to…

Situated within Dalmuir Library.

The buildings owned by the North East Preservation Trust (NESPT) are situated to the east of the Burn of Durn, which flows into the Moray Firth at Links Bay. The site was originally developed to manufacture thread from flax. The area of…

Tucked in the heart of sandstone tenements, yards from busy Argyle Street in Finnieston, this urban garden grows various crops and houses a tool shed, polytunnel, greenhouse, five raised beds & mini orchard.Up a lane between residential blocks,…

The 17th centurythatched cottage where Robert Burns and his friends formed a literary and debating society in 1780. Restored for the Burns Bicentennial, the house contains fascinating Burns memorabilia. Owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

Designed in 1883 by the architect AG Sydney Mitchell for John Ritchie Findlay, the editor of The Scotsman newspaper. The interior is richly decorated in a Franco-Italian style and was sensitively refurbished and modernised in 2011 by the B+B…

One of the few privately owned Bridge venues in Scotland. Seven clubs use the venue during the week.?

New Ayr Campus opened 2011 providing state-of-the-art facilities for the teaching of Education, Health, Creative Industries and Land-based Studies. Building shared by UWS and SRUC with shared library and IT facilities in Riverside location. Highly…

Remaining part of the original parish church of Ayr. The church, in its time the largest in Ayrshire, was cruciform in shape and the tower was perhaps added in the 14th century. In 1315 Robert the Bruce convened the Scottish Parliament in the church.…

The Ayrshire Hospice has been providing specialist palliative and end of life care across the Ayrshire community for 30 years. Come and hear about the history of the hospice, learn about the services and care we currently provide free of charge to…

Opened 1827, the first Catholic Church in Ayrshire since the Reformation. Refurbished 1999-2000. Became the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Galloway and dedicated in 2007. Fine stained glass, including Pan Am 103 memorial by Susan Bradbury who…

Designed by John Bennie Wilson, opened 1902 at a cost of ?5,000. Stained glass by Alexander Walker, 1912-3, Guthrie and Wells 1945, Susan Bradbury 1997, and Moira Malcolm.?Resurrection?window by Roland Mitton unveiled by HRH The Princess Royal, 2002.…

Perpendicular Gothic by John B Wilson in red sandstone, 1893 withlandmark 146 ft spire. Hall built in 1897 by William McClelland, extended in 1963 and 1983.

Original 1760s classical mansion, home to generations of the Hamilton family, extended in 1830s by David Bryce in the Italianite style, converted to museum and art gallery operated by South Ayrshire Council in association with the Maclaurin Trust.…

Lodge St James Newton on Ayr consecrated 1771 and moved here to former Newnham School for Girls in 1931.See Souter Johnnie?s Masonic Apron and other artefacts including fine stained glass windows.

John Loughborough Pearson, 1898. Category A listed, 13th century Gothic in style. His designs for tower and steeple were abandoned and a truncated tower by Roger Pinkney completed the building in 1964. Outstanding stained glass by Clayton & Bell…

The building designed by WIlliam Cowie and Torry as a parish church and completed in 1957, was elevated to Cathedral status in 1961. Following its closure, redeveloped by Ayrshire Housing in 2012 to a deisgn by Gordon Fleming of Ayr-based ARPL…

The Energy Agency and Home Energy Scotland South West invite you to visit an energy efficient, private home in the heart of Ayr which uses technology of the future. To learn more about the measures and technology that Liz has put into place in her…

Built on the site of Ayr Prison, County Buildings is now the headquarters of South Ayrshire Council. See the attractive woodwork and impressive collections of paintings and stained glass. Guided tour on the hour to view committee rooms and art works.

Funded with £10,000 from Andrew Carnegie. Impressive Renaissance-style red sandstone front with decorative wall tiling in entrance. Splendid full-height stained glass staircase window by Stephen Adam & Co. Bust of Burns by Amelia R. Hill…

Cambusdoon Sports Club is situated in historic Alloway, just over the road from the Auld Kirk, and has a heritage of 160 years as Alloway Cricket Club was formed in 1859. These days we offer Cricket, Lawn Bowls and Football to our playing members and…

At the heart of Belleisle Estate lies an 18th century walled garden. In conjunction with Ayrshire College, the Scottish Lime Centre Trust, Morrison Construction and South Ayrshire Council.

Original constructed 1879 for foundry owner William Smith Dixon, rebuilt by Mackenzie & Moncur, now vandalised. The charity Belleisle Conservatory Ltd was formed 2010 to raise funds to rebuild this much-loved building.

Theophilus Rankine 1654. Successor church to mediaeval St John's (at Bruce Crescent). Cromwellian Government contributed 1,000 merks towards the cost of building the new church. Family church of Robert Burns, whose father was an elder. Fine interior…

On seafront, but access from Craigweil Road off Blackburn Road. One of a group of Scottish Baronial villas which adorn the southern edge of the Low Green. Built to the designs of John Murdoch, 1879, it was formerly Craigweil, home of the late John…

Opened in 1888 with a challenge match between Ayr FC and Aston Villa, FA cup winners 1887.? Ayr won 3-0.? Ayr FC and Ayr Parkhouse amalgamated in 1910, the only occasion in Scottish football for two league clubs to combine.??

Neo-classical landmark. High five-staged steeple with channelled columns and pedimented doorway, ornamented with Doric columns, urns and gryphons holding torches.Designed in Classical style by Thomas Hamilton of Edinburgh in 1827, at a cost of…

Robert Wallace, 1818-22. Purpose built classical courthouse with majestic four-columned ionic portico. Refurbished to provide two large jury courts, two small non-jury courts and one civil court, witness and jury rooms and custody area. Interesting…

Guided tours of South Ayrshire Council's Museum Store, where cultural treasures are housed. The collections include textiles, social history, fossils, art, archaeology, natural history and much more. Guided tours last 90 minutes and start at 10 a.m.,…

Comfortable dwelling of James Tait, merchant who traded with Europe, first recorded in late 15th century. Purchased in 16th century as the town house of the Campbells of Loudoun, hereditary sheriffs of Ayr. Rescued from demolition by 4th Marquess of…

Ayr Ice Rink is run by Ayrshire Curlers Limited to provide curling ice for c. 50 clubs from September to March. Five ice hockey teams are based here and there is year-round members' skating. All clubs welcome youngsters and coaching is provided in…

The Gaiety Theatre, designed by local architect J McHardy Young, was built in 1902. This category B listed building closed in 2009, and after a huge campaign by the local community, reopened in December 2012 with Cinderella. The theatre is now run as…

Built in 1832 as a Reformed Presbyterian (Cameronian) Church, it is the second oldest church in use in Ayr. The sword on the main gate recalls the Cameronians' origins in the militant covenanting tradition. Free Church of Scotland since 1876, halls…

Built on the site of Content House, to replace station in Sandgate. One of the biggest fire stations in Scotland with the longest pole-drop. Recent major refurbishment to provide facilities for 100 professional fire-fighters serving South Ayrshire…

Built in 1817 as the Theatre Royal, later Queens Rooms Theatre. Used as Baptist Church since 1880. Now a modern multi-purpose centre and Church with Baptistry and unique stained glass windows from Glennapp Castle. Refurbished 2004.Exhibition: The…

One of Ayr's most beautiful rooms, the Art Department of Ayr Academy. The stunning Art Department was designed by a local architect in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. ?

Established 75 years ago when local authority secured land from Miss Campbell of Craigie House. ?The allotments have proved to be a popular local resource. ?

The church stands in the old graveyard on the Braehead in Avoch. The earliest record of a church on this site is 1493, then a second church was built in 1670 followed by this church built in 1870 as the first two were destroyed by fire. The first two…

Avertical World is Tayside’s dedicated indoor climbing centre, based in the former St Mary Magdalene Church. The climbing take advantage of the vaulted ceilings and the church’s old basement to create a unique local climbing facility.Open for over 16…

Fondly remembered by those who enjoyed the treat of eating in elegant surroundings, with crisp linen tablecloths and silver cutlery.Largely unchanged interior with beautiful stained glass window and ornate plaster detailing, with original Art Nouveau…

This church which dates from 1754-57 replaces a medieval church, part of which remains at the east end. The interior is all of 1898, by architect John Robertson who placed the pulpit to the west end, placed a very deep gallery to the east and…

The ruins of the Auld Kirk are those of the 5th (or maybe 6th) church to stand on this site since the earliest recorded church here in 1152 AD.Many of the early Kings of Scots came to hunt in Selkirk Forest and their parliaments were held 'apud…

The museum at Kirkintilloch Cross is housed in the former parish church, dating from 1644. It contains displays covering all aspects of local history, but especially social and industrial history. Improvements in 2001 were awarded the Countess of…

Augustine is a diverse, progressive Christian congregation of the United Reformed Church, with a rich history of global connections. Our four-storey building rises up from the Cowgate towards an elaborate tower that earned the church the nickname of…

The Kirk invites you to enjoy peaceful contemplation in this beautiful setting. See our wonderful stained glass war memorial window, 17thC grave slabs, carved stone font and 1886 organ. All are welcome in this place.

The Church and Crypt underwent major renovations and restoration in 2017. Visitors will be able to view and tour the church and grounds. The local History Group have produced a booklet detailing the history of the church and the surrounding area,…

Come and visit the abandoned 18th-19th Century "ferm toun" (farm town) with it's restored cruck farmed cottage. Be prepared for the 2.5 mile (4 km) uphill walk to the site. The settlement of Auchtavan (Gaelic for the field of two kids) is located at…

The church of the Boswell family, designed by James Jamieson, opened in 1839 with later additions of 1893. Refurbished by J & J Carrick 1939 following major fire. Hill Norman Baird organ. Window and Tower dedicated to two ministers who between them…

Built c.1760 by Lord Auchinleck, and inherited by his son James Boswell, biographer of Dr Johnson. Johnson visited the house in 1773. It is a fine example of an 18th century country villa. Classical design strongly influenced by Adam. Fine pediment…

The 'B' listed traditional farm steadiing was erected in the mid to late 19C and has been successfully converted to house the early years nursery.

Off Great Western Road before cut-off for Erskine Bridge. Founded in 1823, the distillery is one of only a few remaining Lowland Malt Whisky Distilleries still in operation today. A hidden gem, rarely open for public tours, Auchentoshan Distillery is…

The recently refurbished and renamed Astoria Centre houses the last Ingram Cinema Organ in the world. A rare opportunity to see and hear the fully restored Ingram 2/4 organ which originated from The Astoria Cinema in Corstorphine, demolished in the…

The Astley Ainslie is a rehabilitation hospital in the south of Edinburgh and the much-loved site comprises beautiful landscaped parkland. Established in 1921 thanks to a bequest from David Ainslie in memory of his nephew John Astley Ainslie. Canaan…

A wonderful opportunity to visit a home where energy saving measures have been retro fitted, and discuss the pros and cons with the occupiers.?

The Assembly Roxy is a year round venue for theatre shows, events and functions. Run by Assembly Theatre Limited, the building houses three popular Edinburgh Festival Fringe spaces during August. A former Church known as the Holy Trinity Church and…

The Assembly Rooms officially opened in January 1787 and ever since, the building has been at the heart of special occasions and celebrations in the capital, hosting royalty, celebrities and nobility.The venue has continued to evolve with the times,…

This Category B listed building is owned by Dumfriesshire Freemasons, and, as its name suggests, was built in 1825 for assembly and celebration. Doonhamers will tell you it has the best dance floor in the southwest of Scotland. You will have a chance…

Designed by John F Matthew in 1927, housing a large lecture theatre and laboratories as well as a suite of rooms designed to house the collection and its curator. The large laboratory windows span from ceiling to bench level and face N and NE to gain…

Originally belonging to the Bishops of Glasgow this delightful and intimate building most likely sits on the site of its medieval predecessor. The L shaped plan contains oak panelling from the demolished Minto Church and memorials to the Cochran and…

Artspace is a unique building, set in a recently refurbished, B listed, former 1930’s primary school. The building is the heart of the Craigmillar community in Edinburgh and is the home to the John Maxwell Children’s Games and Amusements…

Arts Centre & Theatre Aberdeen (ACT Aberdeen) are recognised nationally as an inclusive community hub which hosts arts activities across a wide demographic. With our ethos of everyone is entitled to an enriching cultural life, regardless of age…

The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre is a Victorian Townhouse, built in 1881.The outstanding features of this property lies in its interior which is half-filled by a beautiful stair-hall with an engraved glass dome ceiling and ornate Baroque door…

Glasgow architecture is interpreted through a collection of distinctive, kaleidoscope, 3D effect collages. The artwork by local artist Marion Gardyne will draw your attention to the often overlooked or unnoticed features of buildings and invite you…

ART PARK features a new educational facility, the Heritage Centre, showcasing the rich and diverse history of Bellahouston and the surrounding area as well as a contemporary art gallery and studios.�����

One of the oldest buildings in Granton, commissioned by the Duke of Buccleuch in Granton�s thriving industrial heyday, it was a pub for many years, fairly notorious as many locals would say. Currently, the building is taking on a new life and is…

Replaces an earlier church built in 1733 by the chief of the Clan MacFarlane when his land was separated from Luss parish. Extant remains of the earlier church are still in the graveyard.

Listed C(S). Core built as Parsonage for neighbouring Arradoul Episcopal chapel about 1835-6 probably to a design by William Robertson of Elgin for the Rev. Edward Lillingstone and his bride, Elizabeth Marjorie, daughter of Adam Gordon of Cairnfield,…

Aros is a popular visitor attraction and community cultural centre offering exhibitions, cinema, live music, comedy, dance, drama, theatre, galleries and workshops. With a family friendly restaurant, gift shop and children’s play areas.

Aros is a popular visitor attraction and community cultural centre offering exhibitions, cinema, live music, comedy, dance, drama, theatre, galleries and workshops. With a family friendly restaurant, gift shop and children’s play areas.

Listed Category A.Mansion house on earlier site, c 1770. Thereafter additions 1826, William Robertson, and 1840, Thomas Mackenzie, both Elgin. Porte-cochere graces entrance front, circular terrace at east over cool store and substantial drum…

The Paton Street Drill hall was built in the late 19th century as the offices for Mid Mill (where Tesco now stands). In 1908 is was taken over by the new Territorial Force when a gym and firing range were added. It was used by Lothian & Borders…

Armadale (Scottish Gaelic: Armadal) is a village near the southern end of the Sleat Peninsula, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland.

Armadale (Scottish Gaelic: Armadal) is a village near the southern end of the Sleat Peninsula, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, and is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland.

Arlington Baths Club built in 1870 is the oldest private club of its kind in Europe. A fine example of Victorian architecture, the main facade is well proportioned and gives an effect of modest Classicism. Don�t miss the stunning Turkish…

Historic Kilmun describes the visitor centre within St Munns church, the Argyll Mausoleum, the collegiate tower and surrounding ancient graveyard. From our earliest gravestone, dated at about 700 AD to the beautiful stained glass and water organ of…

�Argyle House is a marvel of brutalist architecture: designed in 1967, it�s a bold architectural statement and an astonishing contrast with the backdrop of Castle Rock�. The collectively- run ForestCentrePlus occupies three floors of the office…

The Ardshiel Hotel was once home to one of Campbeltown’s wealthy distilling families. It was designed and built in 1877 by prominent Victorian architect, John Burnet Senior, and over the past four years has been lovingly restored to its former…

Built 1858, eleven years after Ardrossan became a burgh, and used as town hall until 1946 when the Council and local Masonic Lodge St John RA No. 320 agreed that the Lodge take over the building.?Exterior stonework restored 1997/8 with assistance…

Category A church designed by Jack Coia and T Wharnett Kennedy, 1938, in red and yellow brick with red tiled roof and a simple, impressive interior.??New stained glass by Lighthouse Glass of Irvine.? Parish Centre added 1997; the?Presbytery rebuilt…

David Thomson, 1875, in Early English style, recently restored. Notable stained glass by Clayton & Bell, L C Evetts, Crucifixion by J E W Guthrie, and Angel Gathering Tulips by Harrington Man; reredos paintings by William Hole. Saturday car boot…