Built in 1868 as a church for Norwegian seamen visiting Leith and still occasionally used by the Norwegian community in Edinburgh. Leith School of Art was founded in 1988 and the building was adapted and extended in 2000 by Hugh Martin & Partners, Architects. Top-lit spaces give the spaces lots of light for studio use. Exhibition of students' work.

]]> The Leith Theatre complex was a gift to the people following the decision to incorporate the Burgh of Leith into Edinburgh.

The building has seen bomb damage and dereliction, but the decades spent shut have also preserved much of the 30s Art Deco original features. It is currently moving into the first phase of essential refurbishments so it can blossom into a unique cultural gem in the heart of Leith.

Discover the charm of its faded glamour!

GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

Leith Theatre has attracted acclaimed bands, performers and directors from across the world.

ACTIVITIES

Tours, information boards, video presentation, knowledgeable stewards.

www.leiththeatretrust.org

]]> Leith Town Hall and Sheriff Court are situated within Leith Police station. Built in 1828 to a design by R. and R. Dicksons, the building contains the Victorian debating chamber, more commonly referred to as the old Leith town hall, unaltered since 1864, and the former Leith Sheriff Court. The Alexander Carse painting ?The landing of King George the IV? is on display within the town hall.

]]> One of 85 police boxes, the Leith Walk Police box was designed by City Architect, Ebenezer Macrae. Originally at the junction of Leith Walk and Albert Street in 1933, it was used by City of Edinburgh Police with the Leith Burgh Force. In 1979, the box was moved by Lothian and Borders Police.

Leith walk police box is now a pop up venue used as temporary spaces for different purposes including art, entrepreneurship, charity and campaigning. The outside has been turned into a public art gallery but the inside remains exactly as it was.

]]> Leitheatre is housed in one of the few remaining examples of 19th century mixed use tenement development of housing, industry and railway lines.

In turns our premises have been a builder's workshop, a cooperage, a hi-fi centre, and a used car saleroom. The building, on Hib's original ground site, even featured in a 1951 documentary.

]]> Sir John Leng was a 19th century entrepreneur from Hull who adopted Dundee and made his name producing a pioneering daily newspaper for the people. He commissioned the Gothic style chapel as a memorial for his first wife, Mary.
This charming A-Listed building was erected in 1895-7 to a design, by Dundee Architect Thomas Cappon, which reflected a miniature cathedral in 13th Century French style. It has a Caen stone interior and is adorned with gargoyles, and carvings by John Bremner
Enjoy the magnificent views from the hill-top location.

]]> Home of the Duke of Hamilton, dating from the 14th century, with links to the Maitlands and Blantyres. Extensively restored by the famous Scottish architect Sir Robert Lorimer in 1912. The house contains many items from the Hamilton Palace Collection of paintings and furniture, as well as Mary Queen of Scots memorabilia, including her death mask and a French silver casket said to have contained the letters and tokens between Mary & The Earl of Bothwell which incriminated the Queen in the murder of her 2nd husband.

ACTIVITIES

1 hour guided tours of the House. Advance booking essential via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-east-lothian-doors-open-day-2019-at-lennoxlove-house-tickets-66197601809

]]> Lennoxtown Community Hub is the home for Council, library and cultural services in the town. Located in the heart of Lennoxtown on the town's Main Street.

In the week of Doors Open Day it will feature a photographic display on some of Lennoxtown's former finest buildings including Lennox Castle and the High Church, both designed by architect David Hamilton.

]]> Lenzie Library is a smaller branch of the EDLC Trust's library facilities in East Dunbartonshire. Please visit www.edlc.co.uk where you will find information on all the cultural facilities and activities taking place in East Dunbartonshire.

]]> Although opened in 1874 the church did not celebrate its centenary until 1876.? This was because the church was originally designated a Chapel of Ease and was not elevated to the status of Parish Church until 1876. The villa of Northwood, Moncrieff Avenue was purchased in 1885 from Beatrice Clugston to act as a manse.

]]> Walking tours around Lenzie. En route you will visit significant commuter villas representing the different stages of Lenzie's early development, the railway station and churches.

]]> Completed in 2003, and the first of the 'next generation' of retained fire stations in the Highlands and Islands. Incorporating the Shetland District Office, it is finished to the highest standards and provides the very best facilities for community fire fighting.

]]> The Centre currently offers a wide variety of activities to include:
• Learning for Work (Adult Certificated Courses)
• Learning for Leisure (Adult Non-Certificated Courses)
• Sport and Fitness Classes
• Learning for Fun (Children's Classes)
• Children's Holiday activities
• Special Events and 'One Off' Activities
• Birthday Parties
• Casual facility use
The Centre is also home to a variety of different community groups and organisations, which operate as independent groups based within the facility.
For more information regarding the class programmes and facilities offered at Community Use Schools, please visit our website www.fifedirect.org.uk/CUSchools or our Facebook page www.facebook.com/CUSchools or our Twitter page www.twitter.com/CUSchoolsFife

]]> The present church, designed by James Gillespie Graham and built in 1815, stands on a prominent site where people have worshipped for over 1,000 years. 

Recently refurbished, the church has modern hangings as well as many historical features and an ancient kirkyard.

]]> The Museum Collection is housed in a former WWII military vehicle store. It is a real treasure trove of objects from East Lothian's past. We have all sorts of useful, beautiful and wonderful things including: fine and decorative art, archaeology, ceramics, textiles and costumes, natural history specimens, items illustrating domestic, working and community life and much, much more!

ACTIVITIES

Two tours lasting approximately 1 hour each will be offered at 11:30 and at 13:00.

Advance booking essential via https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/doors-open-day-tickets-65167030342

Not suitable for children and under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

www.eastlothian.gov.uk

]]> This 1930’s library has been central to Perthshire’s cultural and intellectual life.

The Society will be highlighting its internationally acclaimed contribution to the study of willows. Drop in to view rare early volumes, seldom-seen exhibits and traditional willow use linked to a tour of Perth’s North Inch willows.

]]> Glimpsed from the road, the north-facing elevation of this building is unremarkable; it is only from within the campus that the spectacular form of this structure is apparent. The great curving roof hugs the slope of the site to ensure that no part of this huge building projects above the surrounding trees. Inside, the interior spaces are equally dramatic. .

]]> Formerly The Herald Building, this was the first public commission Charles Rennie Mackintosh worked on and opened in 1895.��

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]]> The Lillie Art Gallery was funded by a bequest from Robert Lillie, a local banker and artist. It was opened in 1962 on the site of the former Town Hall of Milngavie. The Gallery continues to develop its collection of 20th and 21st century Scottish art and also presents a lively programme of temporary exhibitions. Over 450 works are contained in the collection, which include painting, prints, drawings and a small collection of sculptures and ceramics.

Behind the scenes tours of the gallery stores will be available on Doors Open Day. Come along and see this very special collection of Scottish Art.

]]> Linn Products Limited is an independent precision-engineering company specialising in top performance sound reproduction equipment. Out of the belief that he could vastly improve the sound from his hi-fi system, Ivor Tiefenbrun founded Linn Products in 1972.

]]> With three swimming pools, a modern fitness suite, dance studios, squash courts and a spin studio, there's plenty on offer at the On-X Linwood.

]]> The first Linwood Parish Church was built in 1860 as a chapel of ease, but, due to the ever expanding population of the town, became too small and the present church was built in 1965. A spacious red brick building with furniture and communion silver from the earlier church.

]]> The K6 telephone kiosk went into production in 1936 and was designed to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V.

]]> Lister Housing Co-operative owns 185 social rented flats in and around Lauriston Place. Most are Category B-listed Georgian tenements.�

]]> Set in the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh, Little Sparta is Iain Hamilton Finlay's greatest work of art. Finlay moved to the farm of Stonypath in 1966 and, in partnership with his wife Sue Finlay, began to create what would become an internationally acclaimed garden across seven acres of a wild and exposed moorland site.

Collaborating with stone carvers, letterers and at times other artists and poets, the numerous sculptures and artworks created by Finlay, which are all integral to the garden, explore themes as diverse as the sea and its fishing fleets, our relationship to nature, classical antiquity, the French Revolution and the Second World War. Individual poetic and sculptural elements in wood, stone and metal are sited in relation to carefully structured landscaping and planting. In this way, the garden in its entirety is the artwork.

]]> Built in 1928 for Lochgilphead?s primary school-aged children, the building is now home to the Archives. People continue to be educated within its rather utilitarian walls; however they are no longer subjected to the tawse if they don?t pay attention.

The Archives houses the memory of Argyll and Bute ? the records created by the people who have lived and worked here for the past 600 years including paupers, schoolchildren, criminals and victims of crime.

]]> In a welcoming sunny courtyard among the steadings, you will find a remarkable shop, packed with delicious local produce.

Loch Arthur Creamery and Farm Shop has grown out of the productive efforts of a diverse and vibrant Community. The Creamery has a fine reputation for its dairy products, using unpasteurised milk from their own and neighbouring herds. Inside the friendly shop you will find the best of local produce: award winning cheeses, freshly baked bread, organic meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables. Plus a range of fine crafts.

]]> Visit Lochhouse Tower, the former stronghold of the Johnstones, known for their fierce battles with the Maxwells. One such battle took place on 6th December 1693, when 800 Johnstones ambushed the panicked Maxwells as they tried to retreat.  Lord Maxwell lost his life that day, along with 700 of his men and many Johnstones.

The Tower was restored around 30 years ago and is now owned by Mr and Mrs Clarke who welcome visitors to tour the building over the weekend.

]]> The Willie Clarke Centre at Lochore Meadows Country Park is the hub of all activities within the park. We are keen that visitors are given the opportunity to appreciate the buildings setting in the park and its flexibility for use for a variety of business and leisure functions and events.

]]> St. John's Kirk was built in 1729, with a new clock purchased in 1731. Most of the church was demolished, when the present Parish Church was opened in 1808, leaving only the gable end. Inside, you can see the clock, the oldest public clock in Renfrewshire.

]]> Of course the walks and trails are always open to explore, this this is your special chance to climb to the lookout tower and enjoy the wildlife and stunning views over the loch and beyond.

]]> Lochwinnoch Parish Church opened on 2nd October 1808.  The building is octagonal in shape, built by "one Andrew from Kilbarchan" a Mason who went bankrupt during the construction.  The church sits behind a high Doric porch, with classical belfry, clock and spire.  A Gothic church hall (1901) is to the rear.

]]> This beautiful weatland is home to wigeons, whooper swans and more species of duck than you can imagine! Follow the woodland trails and be sure to take your binoculars with you for the viewing holes.

]]> The lodberries were used by merchants for trading (both legal and often illegal goods!). Though most are gone, this A-listed lodberrie, dated from c. 1772, is a stunning example of the buildings that once lined the waterfront. Shetland’s most photographed building, a visit to the Lodberrie offers not just the chance to see the non-domestic ground floor, including: workshop, skeo, cellar and courtyards, but also to learn about this history of Shetland’s traders.

]]> The lodge building was constructed during the 1920s, partly from materials from a row of demolished miners' houses that had stood on the canal bank nearby. At first it was owned by the local Unionist Association and put to general use as the Community Hall, but was acquired by Lodge Barrhill for their exclusive use in 1958. A display of old photographs of Twechar will be shown in the lodge building on Doors Open Day.

]]> Erected in 1905 this is the only purpose built Masonic Lodge in Highland Perthshire. The vaulted roof gives excellent acoustic properties.

]]> One of the most beautiful Masonic Lodges in the area and part of Broughty History for over 150 years, many local men have joined over those years.

The hall has been used by the public for many years for local functions and was used by the military during both the 1st and 2nd Word Wars.

Many Broughty Ferry men have passed through it doors as members. And the Lodge records will be available for anyone who wishes to trace family members.

There will be a display of regalia, artifacts, records and photographs tracing the history of the Lodge and other Masonic Orders over 150 years. Members will be in attendance to provide information.

Tea and coffee will be served

]]> Lodge Cadder Freestone's building was built to house the Masonic Lodge as well as a Social Club for Freemasons, their relatives and friends. This building was built by the members of the Lodge and was self financed.

]]> Generally regarded as one of the finest Masonic premises anywhere in Scotland, "292" as it is popularly known opened in late 1909, although the roots of Freemasonry in Rothesay can be dated back to 1792.

The major feature of the current building is the outstanding decoration, notably the murals on the North, South and West walls. The North and South walls depict various scenes from the Bible, while the West wall is entirely given over to a magnificent mural depicting the history of architecture from earliest man to the Egyptian, Greek and Roman eras.

The murals were completed in 1940 as part of a major refurbishment programme, and a further mural added to the south wall in 2000 to mark the Millennium. Two murals on the north wall had to be completely replaced in the early 1990s due to building issues, and the new murals are exact replicas of the originals, created by a Lodge member.

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]]> A fine Georgian building built in 1797 that also houses a purpose-built Masonic Temple which is home to Lodge Scoon & Perth No.3, whose oldest document, dated 1658, shows that the Lodge was founded during the building of the Abbey at Scoon in the late 12th century.

Enjoy the Georgian architecture and view the main staircase and cupola from the ground floor on the way to the Masonic Temple with its murals by the celebrated artist Thomas Hutchison Peddie, including his depiction of King James VI being initiated into the Lodge in 1601.

]]> Lodge Seaforth was raised in 1897 and first met in what is now the Anderson Hotel. It moved two years later to the Old Academy building in Seaforth Place, remained there until 1943 when it took occupancy of the Chapter House in the Cathedral. The Lodge used the Chapter House until 21st September 1973 when it moved into its current house.

The building hosts a Lodge Room used by both Lodge Seaforth and Lodge Allan Wilson.

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A two-storey building dating to the 1760s, with the Temple and a small museum on the first floor and committee room on the upper floor.

]]> Purchased in the 1960's and converted to a Temple. The Lodge sits ina prominent position at the entrance to Neilston.

]]> Now the oldest organisation in the town, the light of Masonry first shone in Barrhead in 1824. About this time, Barrhead was a mere collection of four different hamlets, Ralston, Dovecothall, Grahamston and West Arthurlie, names which are still known and recognised to this present day.

Having originally held meetings in local hotels and public halls, in 1910 a fine new temple was erected on the present site at a cost of £1446. The memorial stone was laid with full Masonic honours in September of that year by the Provincial Grand Master, Bro Zachariah Henry Heys.

That same beautiful red sandstone building still stands proudly today. Throughout the years it has been extended and updated in some aspects, however the history and character of the original building and design are still very much present.

]]> Scotland’s most exotic garden. Famed for its tender collections and warmed by the Gulf Stream, Logan is a showcase for colourful blooms throughout the season. Highlights include the three acre Walled Garden, renowned for its collection of South African bulbs and tender perennials, and the contrasting Woodland Garden.

Don't miss the unearthly Gunnera Bog and feel you’ve wandered into the southern hemisphere inside the Tasmanian Creek. Over 1,800 different plant species, including around 180 that are threatened in the wild, can be seen thriving at Logan.

Logan is an integral part of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh which carries out research, conservation, education and global exploration into plants some of which may truly hold the key to the future wellbeing of our planet!

]]> 500 million year old greywacke rock, worked on by volcanic action and later ice ages, formed a blow hole at Logan which in Victorian times became used as a fish larder. Work to adapt the natural rock formation was completed in 1800, and live sea fish stored in the 'Fish Pond'. You can feed the fish, see the Fish Keeper's Cottage and the restored Bathing Hut and Bathing Pool, a reminder of family days out in a summer nearly 200 years ago. Recent additions include the Cave Aquarium, Touch Pools and gift shop. (14 miles S of Stranraer, off B7065, 1 mile from Logan Botanic Gardens, where it is well signposted)

]]> Mid 18C mansion with substantial mid 19C additions. Attractive wooden staircase and fine panelled library. Interesting plasterwork and spectacular views down to the Findhorn.
Logie House Gardens newly re-opened following major restructuring and replanting.

]]> The building is category A listed. Come along and take the opportunity to see this fantastic building and chat to the current tenant who will be happy to answer any questions that you have and let you know what it is like to live in a house built of mud!

 

]]> Long Croft?is a catagory A, National Monuments house, built in 1901-1902 by a husband and wife couple, Alexander Paterson and Maggie Hamilton.?

Husband and wife were part of the Glasgow boys and Glasgow girls group of painters, needle women, architects and artisans.?

To the left of the drawing room fireplace there are books with lots of information on the house and the Paterson family, including some wonderful photographs taken by James Paterson, the architect's brother and another painter.? They were part of a large group who grew up on the West of Scotland and? spent a great deal of time together.? The house was often full of artists, working together.?

The house book, which is in the Hunterian museum in Glasgow, documents James Whistler, George Walton, EA? Walton, James Guthrie and many others staying and dining in the house.? All the tapestries and panels were done by Maggie Hamilton except for the one next to the piano which is a Spanish alter cloth that she was very fond of.?

There was a very ornate piece that hung in the dining room which Hamilton donated to the Glasgow Museum of Art before her death, it may have been destroyed in the Glasgow School of Art two years ago. If you are interested in this era of painting the Anderson trust is stored down at the Helensburgh library and contains a great many paintings done in the house or garden.

In the hall is a water colour done by Paterson and a wood block and charcoal done by Viola, their daughter. The poem in the hall was written for Viola by a friend as she lived in the house until she died.?

In the drawing room the watercolour is by Jesse Newberry, Frau Newberry's wife. The charcoal murals on the stairs were cartoons done for Fife town hall by William Drummond Bone. Over the years people have donated some paintings and furniture back to the house. In the library friends and family who have visited us in different countries (Kenya, Norway) sent presents in the form of art!

]]> One of the largest wastewater pumping stations in Scotland, the Longman currently handles all Inverness sewage. The latter is screened through 6mm screens before discharge to the sea. It will shortly pump sewage to the new Allanfearn Works for treatment in line with strict new EU regulations.

]]> A rare opportunity to explore part of Loreburn Street Police Station where Officers will be on hand to answer questions and introduce visitors to a huge range of their activities.

Built in 1938 by Dumfriesshire County Council, Loreburn Street serves as the main Police Station for Nithsdale.

]]> Loretto Chapel was built in the 16C by Thomas Duthy or Doughty, 'a monk of the order of St Paul'. All that remain of the original building is a mound. The current striking chapel was built in 1893.

]]> Lorn Macneal, Chartered Architects, have been established in the New Town for over 25 years with a varied portfolio of predominantly private client works. They have a great many past and present projects on display in their studio office, as well as demonstrations of computer visualisations and models.
www.lornmacneal.co.uk
]]> Longrow Church was designed by John Burnet Snr. Currently known as Lorne & Lowland Church following several congregational amalgamations. The lighthouse-like 150' steeple dominates the town. Two stairways lead from the entrance to a classically decorated raked horseshoe gallery on columns. The building is listed Category B.?Extensive refurbishment in 2003 included the restoration of the original colour scheme of 1886.?

]]> Lossiemouth Baptist church was built on James Square in 1861. The simple exterior of the old church contrasts well with the modern extension , which incorporates the wall of the old church into its structure.

]]> One of Morays most interesting heritage museums. It holds many fascinating artefacts. The museum also contains the reconstructed study of Ramsay MacDonald from his Lossiemouth home the 'Hillocks', and the original lighting machinery from Covesea Lighthouse.
Please note only the ground floor of the museum is fully accessible.

]]> Join members of the Lossiemouth Heritage Association for a ramble around Lossiemouth exploring some of its history and heritage.

]]> From dinosaurs to herring smoking to smuggling. All the things you did not know about Lossie’s history with lots to see, share and enjoy.

]]> Lossiemouth House is a B listed building and regarded as one of the oldest houses in Lossiemouth, being built in C. 1780. Being the property of Lady Gordon of Gordonstoun, the house has many original features including a central projecting circular drumtower which rises full height with conical slated roof, and the original well in the grounds of the property.

]]> Lossiemouth Public Library this year celebrates 110 years since its opening in 1904. This Carnegie funded building retains many of its original features, as well as being the oldest library building in Moray still in use as a library.

]]> This is a B listed newly renovated community run Town Hall built in 1880.

  • Please note only the ground floor of the Town Hall is fully accessible.

]]> Opened in 2001 Lossiemouth Waste Water Treatment Works are Morays most modern water treatment facilities. This facility treats the waste of some 50,000 Moray residents.

]]> LOST BUILDINGS TOUR - Many people may be familiar with names in the Burgh of Peebles like "East Wark", "Cunzie Neuk", "Chapel to the Virgin Mary" and "Kirsty Cranston's Dame School", but how many are aware of the impressive buildings, now lost which once gave their names to those places.

]]> Built originally for the Industrial Exhibition of 1922, the category 'B' listed building was purchased to become the home of Edinburgh Corporation Transport?s bus fleet in 1926 then housing 108 vehicles including buses, char-a-bancs and city cars. The garage was extended in 1933 and again in 1963. By the mid 1960?s with garage was home to 242 buses and the company also had satellite garages at Longstone, Portobello, Tollcross and Leith. Of particular interest is the building?s roof dome and bus wash. Today the building is the Head Office of the Lothian Group, housing over 250 buses and 900 staff.

]]> The museum incorporates structures from the 17th to the 21st centuries and two grade A listed buildings.  This is the oldest surviving building within Hamilton Burgh's former boundaries. 

]]> The Lower City Mills was designed by John Stewart in 1803 and built on the site of an earlier mill. It is one of three buildings that previously made up Perth's City Mills and is a rare survival of similar mills that once operated in all Scottish burghs from the medieval period until the late 1890s.

Following closure in 1968, Perth and Kinross District Council carried out an extensive restoration completed in 1988. This repaired the water-wheel and mill machinery.

The building now serves as an area office for VisitScotland.

]]> The Lucy Sanderson Cottages Homes were built as sheltered housing in a traditional Scots style using local stone. The houses were intended for retired mill-workers and were named after the wife of the mill owner James Sanderson.
The hall, with tower features stone carving by Phyllis Bone and Charles d'Orville Pilkington leads to the hall with murals by W R Lawson and M Caird.

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The following site is worth a visit as you travel along Deeside, it is a Scheduled Ancient Monuments.  The site is managed by Historic Scotland, access is free but the site is unmanned.  

 This great earthwork of the 13th-century was the site of a fortified residence, possibly a hunting lodge of the Durward family.  On 21 July 1296, during his advance northward into Moray, Edward I of England made a detour to Lumphanan to receive the submission of Sir John de Melville, lord of Raith, in Fife.   The castle seems to have been abandoned shortly after this time. The mound was briefly reoccupied in the 1480s when Thomas Charteris, of Kinfauns in Perthshire, built a modest two-storey residence on the summit. This was known as Ha’ton House, and now stands as foundations only.