ReCollections: Callander Open Day, 25 Oct
ReCollections Open Day, Callander Library, Tue 25 Oct Would you like to help preserve the memories of your community? Do you enjoy local history and talking to people? If you […]
Rowardennan Lodge, Youth Hostel
If you walked the West Highland Way this summer you may have encountered our featured building: Rowardennan Lodge. Rowardennan Lodge is a Youth Hostel sitting on the eastern edge of […]
Railway houses for servants, Crianlarich, 1920
Stirling Council Archives holds building plans for the former Western District of Perth County Council (this area is now part of Stirling Council). The earliest plan dates from June 1920. […]
Children’s Home Hospital, Strathblane – New Wing, 1927
In 1903, the Children’s Home Hospital opened in Aberfoyle. Its initial primary purpose was to care for children with tubercular bone diseases. After it moved to Strathblane in 1913, it […]
Flats at Glebe Crescent and Dumbarton Road built by John Steel, Bailie and Dean of Guild of Stirling, 1896.
These spacious flats were designed by McLuckie and Walker, Architects, of Stirling and built by John Steel, probably as an investment, in 1896. Steel was a very well-known figure in […]
The Examination of Jean Brown accused of Witchcraft, 20th February 1706
A spooky blog post for this month of Halloween about witches, alleged murder and escape from prison! This document is held at the Archives as part of the papers of […]
Cardross Home Farm (Brucehill), 1929
Home Farm is situated on the Cardross Estate near Port of Menteith. In 1929, estate owner, Brigadier General Sir Norman Orr Ewing, submitted plans to Perth & Kinross Joint County […]
Agents House, Killearn Railway Station – 1911
In 1911, North British Railway were granted permission to build an Agents House at Killearn Railway Station. The house is a reminder of the old Glasgow to Aberfoyle railway line […]
John Allan, Architect, and his Stirling buildings, 1893 – 1911
The Stirling Dean of Guild Collection has a number of sets of plans drawn by the idiosyncratic Stirling Architect, John Allan. The plans held show the variety of styles that […]
Six New Designs for Convenient Farm-Houses, 1751
Stirling Council Archives holds a small collection of Blair Drummond records deposited in the 1970s (PD17). The collection includes two pamphlets written by William Halfpenny, ‘Six New Designs for Convenient […]