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Ruined 15th century castle, medieval church and graveyard, once the site of a Privy Council meeting and rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of William Wallace. Stronghold of the Eglinton clan and destroyed by the Cromwellian forces in mid 1600s.?

Officially opened in 2001 by HRH Prince Charles, the Duke of Rothesay, Access at Ardgowan is a purpose-built 3 storey building by James F Kennedy of Crawford & Neill, Chartered Architects and Planning Supervisors for Ardgowan Hospice. The main…

2 story house extended to 3 stories. Built for Dugald McKechnie, Superintendent of Police in Campbeltown, in a style typical of many houses in the West of Scotland of this period. Subsequently enlarged around 1900 to accommodate the growing family of…

Archerfield is a magnificent estate situated between Gullane and North Berwick with the Grade A listed Archerfield House lying at its heart. The estate affords magnificent views of Fidra Island and the Fife coastline beyond. No one could have…

Come to the University's Archaeology Room to see and handle examples of prehistoric worked flint and Cypriot artefacts such as pottery vessels, lamps, figurines and votive offerings. The objects, dating from the Palaeolithic to the Byzantine period,…

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A fine modern building meticulously placed within the Aberdeenshire landscape. Cut into the hill its simple earthen forms echo prehistoric structures and contrast with the spare modernity of the glass and concrete atrium. he centre was officially…

Designed by award-winning�architect Malcolm Fraser and�inspired by the concept of �free�play�, Arcadia Nursery is Edinburgh�s�newest and most innovative�nursery. Building on research on�the importance of outdoor play,�the indoor play rooms initially…

Arbuthnott Hall is a traditional sandstone parish Hall. Built in 1908 by public subscription on land gifted to the community by the Arbuthnott Estate to give the people of the community a place to meet for recreation and education and social events.…

17th century, 5 acre walled garden on steep south facing slope, adjacent to Arbuthnott House.?.

Discover the wealth of Peterhead's maritime history in one of Aberdeenshire's oldest museums. The collections are housed in a pink granite 'Free Renaissance' style building, built in 1891-3 to a design by D and J. R. McMillan, funded in part by…

The unfortunate eastern extension, and removal of original glazing bars, has damaged the proportions of this classical granite mansion. The diminutive pediment with roundheaded window poking through the cornice is underscaled for this key site. Good…

The Town House of Arbroath was originally used as a burgh chambers and dates from 1803. It was designed by the Architect David Logan of Montrose. The building was altered in 1844 to the design of David Smith of Dundee. In 1880 it acquired a…

Arbroath’s Signal Tower Museum, near Arbroath Harbour, was the shore station and family accommodation for the Bell Rock Lighthouse which stands 11 miles off-shore. The tower was used as a simple method of communication between the lighthouse and the…

The Mortuary Chapel was built in 1884 by Patrick Allan-Fraser as a mausoleum for the Fraser family. The building was later gifted to the people of Arbroath as a non-denominational chapel, with maintenance of the chapel falling to the Patrick…

The Mortuary Chapel was built in 1884 by Patrick Allan-Fraser as a mausoleum for the Fraser family. The building was later gifted to the people of Arbroath as a non-denominational chapel, with maintenance of the chapel falling to the Patrick…

The Mortuary Chapel was built in 1884 by Patrick Allan-Fraser as a mausoleum for the Fraser family. The building was later gifted to the people of Arbroath as a non-denominational chapel, with maintenance of the chapel falling to the Patrick…

Arbroath lifeboat station is one of the oldest lifeboat stations in Scotland housing Scotland’s last remaining slipway launched All Weather Lifeboat, as well as our smaller Inshore Lifeboat. You will have access to our lifeboats, boathouse, kit…

The current fire station opened in 1959 and replaced the one at Gravesend. A training block allows training in a number of scenarios and working at height. In addition to responding to emergencies, fire-fighters are also involved in community safety…

Arbirlot Church, formerly a satellite of Arbroath Abbey, was rebuilt in 1832, and features some exceptional windows, including one in the Arts & Crafts style. Arbirlot takes its name from the River Elliot on whose north bank the church stands.

Newly opened world class Aquatics Centre, complimenting the existing Sports Village; includes a 50m Olympic standard pool and a 25m pool with diving boards up to 10m, a sauna, steam room, exercise studio and caf?. The design allows for flexibility in…

A controversial building since its inception, Appleton Tower recently underwent a thorough refurbishment with a new entrance and enhanced facilities and services. Home to the University?s world-leading School of Informatics since the Cowgate fire in…

Anwoth Cemetery and the Old Kirk are located in the county of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. These clips were taken in early June on a rainy afternoon. This location is also seen in the 1973 Wicker Man film. iMovie: Amberlyn Nelson…

Family workshop to mark Scottish Archaeology Month.

On the north-west edge of mainland Scotland, an ugly building enjoys stunning views over Loch Gairloch and the Minch to the mountains on the Isle of Skye. From the early 1950s it played an unheralded and generally unrecognised role as an…

The flagship store of Scottish handmade stoneware, furniture and fashion retailer, ANTA, is placed in the New Town's prominent George Street location. The former Church of Scotland bookshop was refurbished in 2011 using natural materials informed by…

At 22-storeys high, Anniesland Court is the tallest listed building in Scotland and Glasgow's only Grade A-listed tower block. Visitors will be taken to a top floor to see communal areas and views of the city. Built between 1968 and 1970 and designed…

At 22-storeys, Anniesland Court is the tallest listed building in Scotland and Glasgow's only Category A listed tower block. It has views over the city.Limited disabled access

The University of Edinburgh Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic provides a welcoming environment for people with neurological conditions to attend NHS research clinics.Founded by author J.K. Rowling and opened in 2013, the state-of-the-art…

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 of nuclear fusion with displays on the way that include costume, First World War memorabilia, town…

This is a film which was sent to the Museum by the Annan Haaf Net Project. The film is about the history of Haaf Net Fishing and what the future will hold for the 1000 year old method of fishing. If you would like to know more about the Annan Haaf…

Enjoy a peak into 800 years of history, looking at both ancient and modern collections. The focus will be on the contrast of old medieval documents with modern ones created since World War 2. On display will be various ancient charters, side by side…

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 details of directions for the rest of the tour. A chance to take yourself on a quest for the…

Back in Time Day. Step back in time and experience life in Victorian Dunfermline! Find out from our resident Victorians what handloom weavers family life was like in the 1830s and try some Victorian activities. Visitors also have a chance to dress in…

Category B-listed church, built in the Brutalist style of the 1960s when concrete was king. Look for the distinctive green pyramid roof and find a bright Modernist sanctuary and a thriving community hub with big plans for the future.�

Anderson's Care Home was first opened in 1832 following the remarkable bequest of Andrew Anderson to his home town of Elgin. As a child, he lived a very harsh existence, sleeping in the ruins of the Cathedral with his widowed mother, relying on the…

Historically Lerwick’s most important 19th Century building, a gift of Arthur Anderson to the community and opened in 1862. The former Anderson Institute now serves the School’s English Department and library.

The Edwardian Category A listed Anchor Line building has been beautifully renovated from a former cruise line booking office into one of Glasgow's best restaurants. Original nautical details have been retained to evoke the feel of an ocean liner.The…

The Anatomical Museum at the University of Edinburgh opened in 1884 and still forms an integral part of the ?Old Medical School? (designed by Robert Rowan Anderson). The museum has one of the largest and best-preserved collections of anatomy in…

Inverness Campus is a stunning 215 acre landscaped site which is home to business, education and research organisations. This high quality environment, developed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), already houses Inverness College UHI and An…

Three things were at the top of the community’s wish list – a shop, a proper hall for activities, and a place to meet and socialise. Thus, the idea for An Crùbh was born. The journey to build An Crùbh began in 2011. We received generous support from…

Three things were at the top of the community’s wish list – a shop, a proper hall for activities, and a place to meet and socialise. Thus, the idea for An Crùbh was born. The journey to build An Crùbh began in 2011. We received generous support from…

A beautiful, private, 5 acre garden with a vast collection of rhododendrons, camellias, shrubs, herbaceous, ponds and wildflower meadows.It has many innovative features including fountain sculptures and analemma.

Amisfield Walled Garden dates from 1783. Designed by John Henderson for the 7th Earl of Wemyss, the garden once formed part of the policies of Amisfield House which was demolished in 1928. At 8 acres in size, it is one of the largest walled gardens…

Oil company building.

An early 19C pair of industrial buildings which are one of the last remaining examples of how the Lerwick docks were built up. Now carefully refurbished by the Amenity Trust as their offices, many interesting details and features.

Replica buildings & period artifacts exploring life in the Highlands from the 1700s to the 1960s.

"Am Fasgadh" (The Shelter) is continued from founder Isabel Grant's original name for the musuem; building on her philosophy that the museum she started on the island of Iona in 1935 was a safe haven for her collection.The collection today represents…

?Musical Memories sessions will be taking place along with an opportunity to meet some staff members/ volunteers and see what the centre can offer people living with dementia and their families in the Aberdeen City area.

The collections on display at Alyth Museum are drawn from the rich social history of this rural community and are presented in a themed exhibit which includes industry, agriculture, cultural life and travelling folk. Images from the extensive Laing…

Alyth Parish Church was built in 1839 by Edinburgh architect Thomas Hamilton and is Gothic in style with Romanesque influences particularly around the impressive stained glass windows. Visitors always notice the unusually high spire and pulpit! A…

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 after a fire in 1985. Its ‘footprint’ and some inscribed stones remain, along with some interesting…

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 ice house is buried on the slope below the stables. By the mid-19th century most country houses…

Altyre has been owned since the 14th century by the Comyn (Cumming) family (Gordon Cumming from 1795).In 1891 Sir William Gordon Cumming married his American fiancee, Florence Josaphine Garner, a cotton heiress, and they settled at Altyre. Until the…

Campbell Douglas, 1857-58, additions 1877, 1890. Gothic-style.?Twenty stained glass windows give a mini history of the art from 1858 to the present including works by Clayton and Bell, McLundie, Mayer & Co, Webb, Whall, Hamilton, Crombie,…

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 century until 1800. By 1693 a mansion, kitchen tower, brew house and other buildings had been added. In…

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 arts group in the county. This informal group developed into an amateur dramatic club. In 1953 the…

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 five-light window and a belfry with narrow, vertical louvred slits.The nave is spacious and bright, the…

Designed by James Gillespie Graham to replace the old parish church in Kirkgate, this Late Georgian building is a large, ornate, battlemented rectangle with a five-bay north elevation. It has an impressive 207ft high spire, its corners clasped by…

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 of the most beautifully designed and finished Episcopal churches in Scotland. It was built for…

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. Ltd, KIlncraigs Mill. It was designed by John James Burnet, Son & Campbell. Construction began in…

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 Scots-Flemish style and it also reflects the local tradition, with crowstepped gables and gablets. Above the…

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 house still stands in Kirkgate. Around 1700, John, 6th Earl of Mar, built a private aisle with burial…

This church was designed by Peddie & Kinnear in Early French Gothic style and replaced a plain 18th century building. In 1902 Scots late Gothic transepts and a pine and marble sanctuary with an elaborate pulpit by A G Sydney Mitchell &…

The Earl and Countess of Mar & Kellie's home have some fine family portraits, including a newly arrived three-metre high painting of Walter Coningsby Erskine, 10th Earl of Mar, who inherited the earldom and Alloa estate from his cousin, the 9th…

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 the 1715 Jacobite Uprising, his title and estate forfeited to the Government. His family bought the…

Greenfield House was designed by the Edinburgh architects A G Sydney Mitchell & Wilson for David Paton Thomson, one of the directors of John Paton, Son & Co. Ltd. It was elegantly furnished and housed a fine art collection. The same…

Alloa Fire Station opened in 1964. It currently has three fire appliances, including specialist vehicles for urban search and rescue and heavy rescue, one of which is crewed by twelve retained personnel. There are twenty-five wholetime personnel…

Allanton Sanctuary is a beautiful harled late Georgian laird’s house, enlarged and remodelled as a mid-Victorian Baronial manor, which is now the European Sanctuary of The World Peace Prayer Society. It is set in 18 acres of parkland.The Society was…

Allanton World Peace Sanctuary is a meeting place of the heart, bringing together people of all faiths and cultures. May Peace Prevail on Earth.

Interested to see how we treat Inverness and the surrounding areas waste water generating green electricity in the process? Allanfearn is the Highland's and Islands largest waste water treatment works and is open for Doors Open Day!As Allanfearn WWTW…

A modern church building strategically situated close to Milngavie Town Centre. The congregation participates in a varied selection of activities, is involved in many of the Milngavie churches outreach and is active in local community services.

29 Spittal St., Stirling FK8 1DUSaturday 15th September: 12.00 – 4.00This beehive bastion on the Old Town Wall, behind Allan’s Primary School, dates from the 1500’s. It later served as a gunpowder store, was converted into a Doocot sometime in the…

Red Sandstone Scottish Episcopal Church designed by Hippolyte Blanc 1890 and built 1890-96 with 42.5m high spire. High Altar has beautiful Italian marble reredos and crucifix. Lady Chapel contains Altar from Rossie Priory Chapel. Sculptured Stations…

The Scottish Episcopal Church of All Saints', Bearsden, was erected in 1897. It was one of a number of Episcoal churches erected at that time, in a distinctive style, by Messrs Speirs & Co., Glasgow. Although built of unconventional materials,…

The B listed church was designed by architect James Matthews in 1858 at the commission of Major Ramsay, Laird of Straloch. The building was originally built as both a church and as an estate school. A board school was later built in 1876, since…

Built in 1876, the Episcopal Church of All Saints in Buckie and the elaborately carved freestone font were designed by Alexander Ross of Inverness.The church has a distinctive rounded apse and a broach spire; stained glass windows including a Rose…

A Brief tour of the Challoch Church. All Saints is an inclusive, affirming community where all are welcome. You are invited to share in all our services and in the Holy Eucharist. All baptised people are welcome to receive Holy Communion with us. If…

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…

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…

Built in 1852 for the Newhaven fishing community and serving as a Free Church of Scotland the tower and spire were added in 1882. Given a new lease of life in April 1994 the building was turned into Scotland’s first dedicated indoor climbing wall. By…

The Alford Heritage Centre is housed in the last of the original? Marts (or Auction) buildings to survive in the North East of Scotland. Marts used to exist in and around all centres of agricultural activity throughout the North East and served as…

Built under the Church of Scotland Church Extension Scheme. A large 'Heritage Tapestry' depicts the former church buildings, and a war memorial from the old parish church has been resited in the church grounds. The rear of the sanctuary has been…

Built under the Church of Scotland Church Extension Scheme. Tapestry depicting former church buildings. War Memorial from Old Parish Church has been re-sited in the church grounds. The rear of the Sanctuary has been converted into a small chapel,…

The Waterside Bakery is the oldest bakery in Scotland.Itbegan trading in 1820 and is still owned and run by the Taylor family. Five generations on,Alexander Taylor, The Waterside Bakery stillproduces a fantastic range of Scottish and continental…

Award-winning office building for BT Scotland, 1999, by Bennetts Associates, Architects. Prominently sited on the western edge of Edinburgh, close to the Gyle Shopping Centre. Several atria embellished with significant modern art.�

The school occupies four 19th century merchant houses on Queen's Road and retains a number of architectural features. There will be displays of memorabilia relating to the school's history

One of only two Designated Places in Scotland, its very speicialised purpose is to provide an alternative to arrest and a night in a police cell for people deemed to be drunk and incapable. The small purpose-built extension to the hostel on Dee…

The centre is celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2019. Come along to explore the building and what is has to offer, find out how it all began,

A family business founded in 1948, Albert Bartlett invested £30 in an old water boiler and cast iron bath in order that he might set up a small beetroot boiling operation in Coatbridge. Albert Bartlett is now the UK's leading grower and packer of…

The flagship library for Perth and Kinross, AK Bell Library opened in 1994 in a considerately extended 1838 infirmary building.Our guided tours will get you behind the scenes to see what historic and artistic treasures are held in our special…

HQ for AJ Engineering & Construction Services. In celebration of its 20th year in business, AJE is opening its doors with a free family fun day which will include a tour of the premises, tailored STEM activities, a bouncy castle, face-painter and…

Recently refurbished as Shetland Amenity Trust's latest camping Böd. Aithbank is the former home of Jeemsie Laurenson, Fetlar's best-known storyteller. The beach below the kailyard was a fish-curing station, operated by Hay & Co. in the mid-19C.

The Airlie Monument stands on Tulloch Hill. The monument was erected to commemorate the death of Lord Lieutenant-Colonel David William Stanley Ogilvy, The 11th Earl of Airlie who was killed at the battle of Diamond Hill, near Pretoria on 11th June…

Airdrie Registration Office, Willowbank House, is a fine example of an early 19th Century villa situated in Airdrie's Victoria and Town Centre Conservation Area. Originally the home of Dr Walter Rankin, the house has since seen a variety of uses. It…

Situated above Airdrie Library, this C(s) listed building is a unique part of Airdrie’s built heritage. Being one of only four such municipal Public Observatories in the United Kingdom, Airdrie is the smallest of the Public Observatories and it dates…

This C(s) listed building, located in the Victoria and Town Centre Conservation Area, was designed by JM Arthur in 1924 and now houses Airdrie Public Library. The site and building were largely funded by Andrew Carnegie and Airdrie Savings Bank. The…

Situated in the Victoria and Town Centre Conservation are this 'B' listed two-storey classical temple in red sandstone was Airdrie's first purpose built public library, designed by George Arthur in 1893 and largely paid for by Andrew Carnegie. It is…

Category B listed.Originally built as the church hall for the adjacent St Peter's Church. Notable for fine stone detailing including lower floor arched openings and complex roof. Forms a group with the church and former school building to the east.…