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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
Yes
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>Guided walk from Spier's Information Panel: Saturday 12 noon and 2 pm; Sunday 12 noon and 3 pm.</p><p>Exhibition of photographs taken in former school and in restored grounds.</p><p>Tree Trail leaflet.</p>
ArchitectName
James Sellars
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
15935
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
on B706 Beith to Dunlop road
AddressLine2
enter by second entrance on Barmill Road, sout east from A737 Beith bypass
Postcode
KA15 1HA
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Beith: Spier's Old School Grounds
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
ayrshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
762
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,55.74437,-4.626706;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>Site of locally endowed advanced school designed by James Sellars, opened 1888 and demolished in 1984. The landscaped grounds were laid out by the Earl of Eglinton's head gardener.</p><p>Since 2010 grounds have been sensitively restored by Friends of Spiers / Spiers Trust / North Ayrshire Council partnership.</p><p>The restored Coronation garden dating from 1953 was formally reopened in 2013.</p><p>Wide range of animal and plant species, including a specimen Dawn Redwood from China planted in 1953.</p><p>The Ballochmyle red sandstone entrance gates and walls on Barmill Road continue to be listed.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
c. 1887