Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Carron, Falkirk HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 All day ArchitectName Robert Baldie OpeningDate1 13/9/2009 OpeningTime2 All day IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 11353 Refreshments No Street The street address Stenhouse Road Postcode FK2 8DR Parking Yes DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Old Gatehouse Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived falkirk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2023 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.02261,-3.796291; Description An account of the resource <p>The Carron office block was designed by Robert Baldie in 1880. Originally fifty three bays long, the central tower gatehouse, known locally as Thunderbird 3, is all that now remains.</p><p>The ground floor has a moulded segmental pend arch; the first floor a triple window; and the second floor an armorial panel featuring the Carron Company seal. The tower is topped by a square clock turret and a pyramid spire.</p><p>On either side of the pend, set into the front walls, are a furnace lintel from 1760 and a date plate from a boiler connected with James Watt. The pend is fronted by a wrought iron screen and contains two carronades and two 9-pounder long guns set on garrison carriages.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880