The Mackintosh Club, in Helensburgh is the newly discovered Charles Rennie Mackintosh hidden gem. The Gallery is open 11-3 and features a permanent exhibition on its history and the Glasgow Four. It is available for private hire and recently has hosted puppet and art workshops, the GSA Degree Show, Music concerts and tuition.?

]]> This beautiful church was designed in its entirety by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Magnificent stained glass and exceptional relief carving on wood and stonework are highlights of the interior where light and space are used to dramatic effect. It is now the headquarters of the Mackintosh Society.

The building was commissioned in 1896 and the simplicity of the design - compared with much Victorian architecture of the day - is inspiring. Mackintosh Queen's Cross looks very much as it would have done in Mackintosh's time - the magnificent stained glass blue heart window and exceptional relief carving on wood and stone are highlights of the interior. The building is a stunning venue for concerts, weddings and movie events as well.

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]]> Formerly Macphersons Impreial Tea Room and Restaurant. The business closed a number of years ago and has remained vacant ever since. The interior is stunning with huge windows giving great views out to the Clyde.

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Macrobert Arts Centre is a multi-arts venue located on the main campus of the University of Stirling, Scotland. The Arts Centre offers a varied programme of events and experiences – cinema, comedy, dance, exhibitions, family, get involved, music, opera and theatre – catering for audiences from across Stirling, the Forth Valley and beyond. It was originally opened in 1971 as Scotland's first purpose-built arts centre. The Macrobert always offers fun for all the family and is not to be missed! Find our more on the website: www.macrobertartscentre.org

Macrobert Arts Centre Box Office: 01786 466 666 or email boxoffice@macrobertartscentre.org

Disabled access

]]> A hidden gem in the Old Town. Built in 1541 as the last Roman Catholic chapel built in Edinburgh before the Reformation it contains the only pre reformation stained glass in Scotland still in its original location. The chapel may have hosted the first General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1560. It also features a remarkable 17th century interior including inscribed wooden panels and a mortuary table associated with the Covenanters. It was the meeting place for the charitable activities of the Hammermen and Incorporate Trades for several centuries.

]]> The building is to the east of the helipad and is clearly seen from Westburn Road. There are Maggie's Centres around Britain providing emotional, practical and social support to people diagnosed with cancer and to their families and friends. Each building is different but each is commissioned from an internationally renowned architect.

Visit the architecturally stunning Maggie's Centre, set in the grounds of ARI, and experience the warm welcome extended to patients, friends and family. Maggie's provides practical, emotional and social support free of charge to help people deal with the challenges that a cancer diagnosis can bring.

]]> In a former stable block on the edge of the hospital site, Maggie's Centre, designed by Richard Murphy Architects, is an innovative refurbished building where people affected by cancer can drop in for information and support. Extension, also by Richard Murphy, opened 2001. There are informal talks throughout the day about this and other Maggie's Centres. They are named in honour of Maggie Keswick Jencks, who came up with the idea for friendly and imaginatively designed day-care centres during her own illness. http://www.maggiescentres.org

]]> Maggie's Centres provide free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends. Prize-winning architect Rem Koolhaas' innovative design of interlocking rooms around a thriving internal garden creates a homely, calming place to visit.

Maggie's provides free practical, emotional and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends, following the ideas about cancer care originally laid out by Maggie Keswick Jencks.
Built in the grounds of NHS cancer hospitals, Maggie's Centres are places with professional staff on hand to offer the support people need.
Our Centres are places to find practical advice about benefits and eating well; places where qualified experts provide emotional support; places to meet other people; places where you can simply sit quietly with a cup of tea.
The first Maggie's Centre opened in Edinburgh in 1996 and since then Maggie's has continued to grow, with 22 Centres at major NHS cancer hospitals in the UK and abroad. Maggie's also has an Online Centre.

]]> The Maggie’s centre is Dundee provides emotion, practical and social support to people with cancer and their family and friends.

World famious Architect Frank Gehry said of Maggie’s Dundee “There is a Yiddish expression Heymish, it means homelike, comfortable. This is what we are trying to do here”

The centre sits in front of Ninewells Hospital looking across the Tay to the Fife hills and is the only Gehry Building in the UK. Maggies’s has his signature curving walls and undulating stainless steel roof. Join us for a tour of the facilities and a walk aroung our beautiful Labyrinth.

]]> Maggie's Highlands is a striking sculptural building crowned in bright green copper. An award-winning building which opened in June 2005.

]]> Very much an authentic ancient fisher family dwelling or “But n Ben” withstone and clay built walls, tiled roof and earthen floors. The internal accommodation comprises the living room (or Ben) with box bed, open fire and furniture of the time. The bedroom (or But) has a similar box bed, and appropriate furniture completes the scene providing an insight into the living conditions and habits of the fishing communities centuries ago.

Parking on street.

]]> Come along and visit Maggie's Lanarkshire. Maggie's Lanarkshire was designed by Reiach and Hall Architects and is located in the grounds of Monklands Hospital. Named the Elizabeth Montgomerie Building, the Centre is a low lying building which negotiates the space between the existing trees. The essence of the design is the matrix of courtyards with Sun catchers being the eye catching Centre pieces in two.

Great design and architecture is vital to the care Maggie's offers and so we work with great architects like Reiach and Hall, Zaha Hadid and Richard Rogers who give their time for little or nothing. Their skills deliver the calm environments that make the people who visit and work in our Centres feel safe, valued and comfortable in an atmosphere that stimulates their imagination and lifts their spirits.

]]> Listed Category A. Lodges linked to entrance arch by screen walls, the composition stretching out across the driveway and particularly attractive when the sandstone walls glow in evening sun. Exterior viewing only.

]]> The original Maitlandfield House was named Bearford House and was built in 1654. It was one of the many properties of Francis Charteris, Earl of Wemyss and was transferred to the ownership of Lieutenant Thomas Maitland in April 1754. The house was remodelled about this time and renamed Maitlandfield.

]]> MAKAR design, manufacture and construct ecological buildings. In June 2012, MAKAR opened a customised workshop with 3-tonne gantrey crane to prefabricate wall, roof and floor panels up to 10m long. Surrounded by organic farmland, the 450m2 workshop was assembled within 10 days from 60 tonnes of locally-sourced Douglas Fir, Larch and Sitka Spruce. It is now a hub of activity producing 20-30 homes per year for sites across Scotland.

]]> The Mansfield Traquair Centre is a former Catholic Apostolic Church. The building features an outstanding mural scheme painted by Phoebe Anna Traquair in the 1980s. The renovated building, designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, now houses the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO).

Come and visit Edinburgh's Sistine Chapel and see the beautiful mural scheme by celebrated arts and crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair. Painted between 1893 and 1901, and the largest of her mural schemes, every surface is covered with images of all kinds: humans, angels, animals, birds and above all, patterns.

Year Of Young People: The building is now the headquarters of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.? The restoration of the mural scheme was used as a training programme for young mural conservators, with Erasmus funded scholarships bringing young people from across Europe to study and work in the building during its restoration.

www.mansfieldtraquair.org.uk

]]> The recently upgraded Marchbank Water Treatment Works takes water from Megget Reservoir 28 miles away and makes it safe for use in homes and industry in West Edinburgh and West Lothian. The processes of ozonisation for colour removal, rapid gravity filtration, chlorine disinfection and pH correction will be explained by Scottish Water technical staff.

]]> A chance to visit the replacement for the 200 year old Roundhouse.

]]> Marine Scotland Science will be hosting an exhibit within the courtyard of the Tolbooth Museum to highlight some of the scientific work conducted in the waters off Stonehaven’s coastline, including Marine Mammal research and the work of the Scottish Coastal Observatory which monitors changes in the marine environment. Highly recommended for all ages, the exhibit will provide an opportunity to meet scientists undertaking work in a variety of marine topics such as fisheries, renewable energy, marine litter and aquaculture.

]]> Fisheries research has a long history in Aberdeen. The Fishery Board for Scotland established a marine laboratory and hatchery at the Bay of Nigg in 1898. The Laboratory moved to its present site in 1923 and now employs more than 300 staff in scientific, technical, professional and support roles.

The Lecture Theatre, Fish House and Conference Room will all be open and Marine Scotland will have interactive displays showcasing the types of work that they do such as: taste testing; pipetting; marine litter games; fish display; fish scale reading and microscope use. We will have a virtual tour of the research vessel The Scotia and hopefully some dolphin sounds as well!

]]> This stunning landmark building has now been converted for use as Aberdeen City Council's new corporate headquarters.

]]> "Enter through the quad and into the door in the tower. Ascend to first floor. Marischal College was founded in 1593. The museum and Picture Gallery are located within the eastern range of the Tudor-style quadrangle that Archibald Simpson designed to replace the dilapidated original college buildings. Later in 19C Marischal College and King's College were amalgamated as the University of Aberdeen. The Mitchell Hall, the magnificent setting for University ceremonial, was added by A Marshall Mackenzie who also extended the quad, the familiar Broad Street frontage being built in 1901. "

]]> This garden studio, designed by Bergmark Architects, is created by reconfiguring an existing 1960's garage.

It is a space where the owners can work, accommodate guests, or simply enjoy their garden.� It is designed in a clean and contemporary manner as a deliberate contrast to the traditional buildings in the Grange.

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The Lighthouse and Granny Would Be Proud present the I.D. Store through the building. Hosting an exciting range of traders through all areas of craft and design, the market will turn each level of the iconic building into a department store.

]]> This is the main presentation area for those wanting to find out more about the history of Edinburgh Park, one of Europe's most successful business locations. Park Centre, designed by Campbell & Arnott in 1995. is the HQ of New Edinburgh Limited. Richard Meier produced the masterplan for Edinburgh Park, but the individual buildings are by different architects, creating a showpiece of architecture. The buildings are complemented by an award-winning Public Art Programme including poetry bus shelters and a series of bronze herms of poets. Photographs and models of the development of Edinburgh Park will be on display.

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]]> Built 1809. One of the rings of forts built around the British Isles as a defence against Napoleonic invasions. Designed to support cannons, was last used to house AckAck guns in the 1939-1945 war. It stood on the shore but as a result of the land reclamation in the 1950s and 60's it now stands inland. Leithers know it by the name of the "Tally too'er". Not a venue to be missed. Access by bus only from casino at old dock at bottom of Commercial Street every hour on the hour.

]]> The University bought Martyrs Kirk in 2012. After preserving and re-fitting the iconic building, incorporating the Thomson Reading Room and Special Collections Reading Room, it opened in 2013. The architects used lighting skillfully to illuminate highlights of the new interior as well as the original architecture and with awe inspiring stained glass in windows, the Thomson Reading Room is an exceptional environment for study and contemplation.

]]> Mary Ann's Cottage presents a croft history from 1850 of one family's life over three generations. Mary Ann's grandfather, John built the cottage. The croft was worked on by him, his son William, then his granddaughter Mary Ann and her husband James Calder

]]> Ravelston House, built c.1800 by Alexander Keith in the late Adam manner, commands magnificent views over Edinburgh and the Pentland Hills. The Victorian wing was added c 1875 and the interior of the house was renovated in Adam-revival style in 1915. The modern buildings, designed by William Kininmonth in 1964, form a cubist-influenced development with white, harled clear-cut geometric shapes set around courtyards to optimise the light. The superb grounds provide excellent sporting facilities and interesting nature trails.
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]]> Tour through impressive subterranean city streets by guides in period costume. Fascinating insight into urban life in times past.

]]> The 16th century tower house is set in a pear-tree garden in the heart of Jedburgh.

According to local tradition, the house is where Mary Queen of Scots stayed in Jedburgh in 1566. The building, which is now a visitor centre contains paintings, textiles and objects associated with Scotland’s tragic queen.

]]> Visit the Category B listed Burgh Halls of the historic Burgh of Maryhill. View the iconic stained glass windows designed by Stephen Adam, learn about the unique heritage of the area�s industrial and social past, and find out who was Mary Hill.

The stunning stained glass windows portray the variety of trades in Maryhill and offer a glimpse into the past of those who lived and worked in the area in the time of renowned maker and designer Stephen Adam. Maryhill, once an expanse of fields in the Gairbraid Estate quickly grew into a thriving industrial area where families flocked to live and work upon the expansion of the Forth and Clyde Canal. The Burgh Halls built in 1878 became a social and civic hub of the community, with a bath house, fire station and police station located next door.

]]> Set in 7 acres of landscaped gardens, the crematorium was built by the local authorities in 1966.

Guided tours will be conducted through the impressive Chapel and into the crematory, where the cremation process will be explained.  All questions welcome. 

]]> Erected for 409 Lodge Douglas in an Arts and Crafts style with significant Egyptian elements. The main hall still has its orignal internal decoration. This little building is considered to be Steele's best work (despite the higher B listing given to his Hippodrome cinema and Grangewells, a house in nearby Muirhouses). A list of his works in the Bo'ness area will be available at this venue.

]]> Lodge Cadder Argyle 147, now in its 243rd year, was founded in Chryston and used several premises in the village before building the Masonic Hall in 1913. Total building costs were £876 7.6d (£876.371/2p). The Lodge is very active and raises thousands of pounds each year for local and national charities. On Saturday the 6 June 2013, 100 years exactly to the day the new building was dedicated, an impressive number of Free masons from all over Scotland attended a re-dedication Services carried out by member of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Dunbartonshire.]]> This simple building designed by the same architect as the town's more ornate Victoria Halls, houses club room, kitchen and ancillary accommodation on the ground floor and the main meeting room on the first floor.�

]]> There has been a Masonic lodge associated with the Town House since its rebuilding in the late 18C. It occupies the principal room of the building (the original council chamber?) an imposing space occupying most of the top floor of the building and given extra volume by its coved ceiling. Not usually open to the public.

]]> This lodge, the oldest in Garioch, was purpose built in the 19th Century and features internal murals and decoration including many photographs of members going back to the First World War.

]]> A spooky introduction to the south side of the square next door to the house with 2-storey dormer windows which Hay designed for his mother. Note the columned windows with chamfered corners and a central, scrolled pedimented dormer.

]]> The architect, Alex Cullen, was commissioned in 1903 to construct new premises in Cadzow Street, Hamilton for Lodge Hamilton Kilwinning No. 7. The new premises were required due to their existing temple being required to be demolished to allow tramcars to get from Cadzow Street to the tramway traction house in Bourned Street; this demolition at the "Bottom Cross" in Hamilton opened a way through to form Keith Street.

The Masonic Buildings were opened in 1904 and have been classified as a Category B listed building. It is constructed in the Scots Renaissance style with stugged coursers and polished ashlar dressings which create many distinctive features on the exterior of the building.

The interior of the building has changed very little since constructed in 1904 except for the addition of two War Memorial plaques. The original furniture and fittings are still used in the lodge premises and many internal features of Masonic symbolism are in evidence. There are particularly good stained glass features within the building.

The buildings are believed to be one of only two examples of the public commissions of Alex Cullen who later founded the practice of Cullen, Lochhead and Brown, an architectural practice which still practises within Hamilton to the present.

Lodge Hamilton Kilwinning No.7 is the oldest masonic lodge in Lanarkshire and has existed in the town of Hamilton since the late 17th century. The lodge has minutes dating back to 1695 and financial records and artefacts dating back into 1680s.

]]> How to get there : Gilmour Street, Alexandria (off the Main Street). Category A listed.

The grand ornate red sandstone facade hints at something special. Once inside this is confirmed. Although now the Bonhill and Alexandria St Andrew’s Royal Arch Lodge, No. 321, it was actually built as the Ewing Gilmour Institute for Working Girls in 1888.

The "renaissance" main hall has a hammer-beam roof, one of only three examples of this kind (the other two being at Stirling and Edinburgh Castles). What does the symbolism of the lion head and iron ring signify? The corridor leading up to it has round windows, hinting at a Japanese influence, that look onto the rear garden.

Details and decor give an extraordinary Arts and Crafts ambience. Poetic quotes are engraved into the sandstone lintels and the lovely (canvas) murals by Harrington-Mann who was one of The Glasgow Boys, also with quotations, depict the ideals of young women.

The library that once stocked books of instruction, now displays the pride of the Masons, also very interesting in themselves. And of course, a pub is prominent.

At the other end is the large kitchen. And below in the basement a function space. But something appears missing. Where did the girls live? After all we expect this to be a boarding school. A clue is better seen from outside. A "keep" or tower rises next to the main entrance. This is a spiral stairway to the large attic. While no longer accessible, it appears that there was a long dormitory up here.

And the reason for the Ewing Gilmour Institute for Working Girls?

Stretching out over most of the length of the Vale of Leven had been the extensive textile industry that we now now collectively as the Turkey Red. Working conditions were harsh and class differences absolute. Yet some great advances were eventually made in remedying the situation. This was one such altruistic project to raise the prospects of young women, the most discriminated against.

]]> Lodge Thistle and Crown is one of the oldest buildings in Neilston. The Lodge enjoys excellent premises with a large function room at ground floor and a beautifully laid out and furnished Masonic temple at the first floor.

The Lodge acquired the current premises in the early 1960s and extended the premises in the early 1970s to accommodate a social club, which has now been upgraded to a fine function suite (available to Charitable Organisations at no charge).

The acquisition of the premises in the 60s was most fitting as it had originally been the home of Dr. David Pride MD, who was to become the 1st Master of the new Lodge in 1918.

The Lodge is working to further develop its relationships with the local community, having made several donations to local organisations to mark the Centenary in 2018. In 2019, we are very pleased to sponsor a Burns Competition in each of the two local primary schools.

We are always happy to offer a tour of our premises to anyone considering holding a function or who might wish simply to see what a Masonic Lodge looks like!

]]> An excellent example of 1920s red sandstone construction, the Masonic Temple of Lodge Union and Crown No.307 stands not just as an icon of town history, but also as a meeting place for masonic bodies and community groups alike.

Lodge Union and Crown 307 will be 200 years old in 2024. It had three meeting places in Barrhead before building the present temple in 1910. The lounges downstairs were formed in 1980 while the function suite was built in 1994. The temple itself is arguably the grandest building in Barrhead. Many of the old street in Barrhead are named after the Lodge's members, for example Glen Street, Heys Street, John Street and Henry Street. The Cowan Park was also donated to the town by the brothers James and Lochlan Conan, founding members of the Lodge.

]]> The housing complex at 43-51 Corbiehall is known locally as the “Coffin Block” due to the shape of the doorways.

It was designed in 1932 by Matt Steele for Bo’ness Town Council and comprises of two large 3-storey L-plan blocks with canted corners flanking a 2-storey rectangular-plan piend-roofed block on higher ground. This mass is exaggerated by the use of a painted cement render, regularly placed windows, and slightly projecting vertically aligned chimney-headed entrance bays. These latter consist of moulded piers rising through the eaves as battered stacks.

Below the ground floor window sills the base is of red and white brick. The rear block has brick door margins extending to the first floor banded sill course and a vertically emphasised shaped stair window above. These have been described as early Modern Movement with Voyseyesque influences and an Austrian Secession bias. Whatever the name tag they are visually attractive and have just been completely renovated by Falkirk Council.

]]> Present church, by William Alexander, 1829, stands on site of St Michael's Church founded in 13 century. Single bell cast in 1742. Willis pipe organ 1888, rebuilt in 1980. Associations with Covenanters and Robert Burns, many of whose contemporaries are buried in the Kirkyard.

Audio tours for children and adults highlight special features of our church; also touch screen display of the Heritage of our Parish.

Sunday Service 11.15am

]]> Designed by William Fraser, the cottages were built 1896-98 in red sandstone to provide accommodation and facilities for elderly residents as a living memorial to Robert Burns a hundred years after his death. Buildings were added 1909-10, 1930-1, and 1938. The inhabitants look out on the landscape, the village and the surroundings that Burns wrote about. No other memorial reflects the spirit of Robert Burns in this unique way.

Photo credit: Stanley Sarsfield

]]> Late 16th century, L-shaped, 4-storey fortified tower house with early 19th century additions. There's a particularly fine oriel window showing nine carved heads on exterior. Barrel-vaulted cellars below main hall.  Formerly a town house of the Kennedys of Cassillis. Finest of the original 28 lairds' houses in Maybole.

 

]]> In the early 1870's the architect Hippolyte Blanc (1844-1917) won a competition to design the Church and Hall and came up with a Gothic style described as a 'little Cathedral'.

The sanctuary has a fine set of stained-glass windows ranging from high Victorian to William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Our participation in Doors Open Day is an extension of our 5 Minutes’ Peace initiative opening the sanctuary twice weekly to all as a haven of peace and beauty.

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The Chinese Church of Edinburgh hold their services at Mayfield Salisbury each week

ACTIVITIES

Organ recital by Kate Pearson, the Mayfield Salisbury Church organist at 1pm. A performance of choral music by the Chamber Group of the Church Choir at 3pm.

Refreshments will be available throughout the day.

www.mayfieldsalisbury.org

]]> Located in Low Street, Portsoy, the property is built on a plot of land which used to be a farm! The current building was completed around 1720 and has been in the ownership of the current family (the McBain?s) since 1919. It is believed it first became a bakery around 1952. The shop has not been occupied since Edgar and Marion McBain retired in 1988 but the old Scotch Oven ? which was last used in 1959 ? is now open for all to see. The shop is now owned by Edgar and Marion?s son Richard and daughter Dianne.

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Portsoy Past & Present Community Group use the facilities as their headquarters and to house wonderful displays of photos, memorabilia and artefacts relating to Portsoy, Sandend and Fordyce. Fundraising activities are also held to promote social inclusion and encourage community spirit.?

]]> This unique office was one of the winners of the Times/Gestchner Digital Office 2000 Competition. It is constructed on a bent elm frame with feathered oak shingles on the exterior, and looks not unlike a small owl. Inside you will find wood cladding, sections of which are patchworked in wood samples. These include cherry, elm, oak and chestnut, showing bark, heartwood and sapwood, and reflecting the different products of the sawmill. The sawmill specialises in both native softwood and homegrown and European hardwoods

]]> McGregor House is a new business facility provided by East Dunbartonshire Enterprise Trust. It includes business suites and a state-of-the-art conference facility. On show on Doors Open Day will be a video presentation by the Scottish Film Archive, which has a film vault nearby.

]]> Open Art and Small World.]]> McNeil House is a recently completed home for the McNeil Trust, a charity formed under the auspice of the Christian Science Church. This is a six bedroom, 4,500 square foot house which nestles into the hillside of the previously unused garden plot belonging to the Trust. It has been designed in an intentionally contemporary design style by Lorn Macneal Architects with an inverted floor plan arrangement. This ensures the principal rooms with balconies can optimise the southern aspects over the Pentland Hills, with all bedrooms having direct access into the courtyard garden below. It embraces renewable technologies including ground source heat pumps.

]]> Meadowburn Primary School was opened to pupils in April 1969. A few years later, in 1988, Strathclyde Regional Council decided to set aside annual funding to provide a Gaelic and English bilingual teaching unit at the school, providing for 12 pupils. It was inspired by the success of a similar unit set up in 1985 at the Sir John Maxwell Primary School on the south side of Glasgow.

]]> The Meadows Croquet Club is the home of the National Croquet Centre. Croquet has been played in Scotland since the second half of the nineteenth century. Some of the trophies from the early days are still competed for and will be on display.

]]> Come and explore our city centre church complex! Learn about our stained glass windows and their donors, listen to our organist playing (Saturday 14:00-15:00) and enjoy the peace of our garden.

]]> Mearns FM is a community radio station and a registered charity operated entirely by volunteers. It broadcasts under an Ofcom licence 24 hours a day serving an official area from St Cyrus in the South to Newtonhill in the North. Volunteers are always welcome to join the team of a station that has recently celebrated its 10th Anniversary.

The public will have the opportunity to “present live on air” and discover the behind the scenes workings of a radio station.

Parking on street and in Market Square

]]> Opened in 1898 and gifted to the people of Forfar as The Meffan Institute, today the Meffan Museum and Art Gallery is ANGUSalive’s flagship professional gallery for contemporary art exhibitions.

The Meffan is also home to the largest store of Angus Council’s fine art collection, cared for by ANGUSalive.

Join ANGUSalive Museums & Galleries staff to learn more about the picture store, exploring the different types of artwork collected for the people of Angus over more than 100 years. The team will also showcase some of the conservation work that has taken place in recent years, with before and after examples and detailed conservator work reports for some items.

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Explore this enchanting historic orchard and walled garden, in the grounds of 15th century Megginch Castle. The orchard has been extensively replanted with an abundance of heritage Scottish fruit varieties.

]]> This listed building was gifted to the village in 1931. It was heralded at the time as the most artistic in design in Scotland.

Tours will take place during the weekend to showcase the hall. Artists will be exhibiting and providing demonstrations of painting techniques.

]]> The Melrose Fire Station is a retained fire station and was officially opened on 17 September 1981, by the then Chairman of the Public Services Fire Brigade Committee (Greater London City Council). It cost �140,000 to build and replaced the former Engine House that was built in 1902 (nearby).� The Fire Station receives on average 200 calls per year.

]]> The Church was originally designed by John Smith of Darnick however, only the tower remains of the original structure following a fire in 1908.� The tower which bears the date MDCCCX, is incorporated into the present church which was dedicated in 1911.

]]> The main school was opened in October 1990 and is of open plan design. An extension that consists of two classrooms and a nursery unit was then opened in 2001. The school is well equipped with a range of resources suited to teaching and learning in 21C.

]]> Original stand erected in 1924-25. The unique Press Box was added in 1930. The two side wings were built and the interior refurbished in the 1960s. A second storey was added in 1983. The interior includes the famous Ned Haig (founder of the rugby 'sevens') and the Melrose Rugby Heritage Museum. http://www.melroserugby.bordernet.co.uk

]]> Menstrie Castle was built c1560 as a manor house by the Alexander family. It was the birthplace of Sir William Alexander, who had an illustrious career during the reign of James VI and I. In 1621 he began to establish a new colony called Nova Scotia, but the scheme failed and he lost money. Nonetheless, he improved Menstrie Castle and his town house in Stirling (Argyll's Lodging) in 1633, when he was invested 1st Earl of Stirling and Viscount Canada. In 1640, however, he died a bankrupt and broken man in London.

The house was damaged during the Civil War. James Holburne acquired it in 1648 and his grandson sold it to Alexander Abercromby of Tullibody in 1719. Sir Ralph Abercromby, the famous military commander, was born there in 1734. The Abercromby family sold the estate in 1924.

By 1951 the building was derelict, but was saved from destruction by a campaign led by the actor, broadcaster and conservationist Moultrie Kelsall. The restoration was completed in 1964. Most of the Castle was converted into flats, but two ground-floor rooms were restored as a display area. These are now owned by Clackmannanshire Council and are managed by the National Trust for Scotland.

]]> Parts of the shaft date back to the 15C, but the present Cross is largely a 1885 reconstruction by Sydney Mitchell, based on drawings and engravings of the original. The earlier Mercat Cross was removed in 1756 as a traffic obstacle: its site is marked in the pavement, just a few metres from its present location. The Cross is embellished with the Scottish Royal Coat of Arms and the arms of Edinburgh, the Burgh of the Canongate, Leith, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, all in true heraldic tinctures. Public proclamations are made from the gallery three days after proclamation in London (that being the time a horseman takes to travel between the two capitals).

]]> Built as a bank and in use for as such for nearly 200 years. Following the conversion by Oberlanders Architects/ David Murray Associates in 2005, the ground floor banking hall now serves as the public reception area while the new court rooms for the Sheriff Court and High Court have been formed on the floors above.

]]> The Merchants House is a Glasgow institution, constituted in 1605. Still serving its original purpose of charitable giving to the city, visitors can learn more about its charitable work while admiring its well-preserved historic city centre offices.�

We offer a unique experience with all being welcomed equally. View portraits of our Ex Lord Dean's of Guild - second citizen of the city of Glasgow, and view items from our original building dating back to 1605.

]]> The Merchants� Hall was built in the C19th to reflect values associated with Scotland�s capital city: integrity, acumen and accomplishment.� Situated in the heart of the city it is one of Scotland�s most discreet treasures where the best of art and architecture have combined to create a building of grace and distinction.

The Merchant Company of Edinburgh has three independent schools full of pupils and runs an initiative award for secondary pupils.

]]> The school site contains the Georgian building, Colinton House, as well as the ruins of Colinton Castle which date from the 16th century. 

]]> 15C home of "Marvellous Merchiston", the mathematician and thinker John Napier, inventor of logarithms. Superb painted and plaster ceilings including one from Prestongrange which was inserted when the tower was restored. The Napier University buildings (not open) were added in 1961 by Alison and Hutchison.

]]> A 1.2M restoration project for Merkinch Welfare Hall. The Hall was built in 1914 by the Catch My Pal Union.

Thanks to the intervention of Merkinch Enterprise and feasibility studies carried out by the Highland Buildings Preservation Trust, a new use has been found for the hall.

The "Fit for the Future" project and a 1.2M multi funded building contract is currently underway to save and restore this listed building to its former glory.

]]> In our Heritage Centre we have 6 monthly exhibitions. We have workshops on regularly and we do talks and outreach. We also have class visits from local schools. We have an extensive Archive and deal with many enquiries from both home and abroad.

]]> Due to circumstances outwith our control Haddo House has unfortunately withdrawn from this years event.

]]> www.methvencastle.com]]> Housed in the weaver's cottage where Michael Bruce, the ‘Gentle Poet of Loch Leven’, was born in 1746.

]]> In April 1703, having received a sum of 20,000 merks from the sale of the Tracks of Customs and Foreign Excise, the magistrates of Dumfries resolved that “the toun is not at present provided with sufficient prisones, whereby several malefactors guilty of great crimes, and others for debt, have made their escape, to the dishonour and iminent perill of the Burgh”.

Liverpool’s John Moffat was employed to design the Steeple and in 1705 Tobias Bachop of Alloa, began the build which was completed in two years. Having undergone extensive restoration work, the Midsteeple now provides an arts information hub for the Town which hosts regular events and exhibitions.

]]> School buildings from a range of periods have featured in Aberdeen Doors Open Day over the years.
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