Crianlarich School
Crianlarich is a village in the north of the Stirling Council area, but was previously part of Western Perthshire. The village originally formed around the meeting of two military roads […]
Architecture in Scotland
Stirling School Buildings 1926 – 1972
Architectural plans of schools are particularly interesting, as not only do they show the changing fashions in school architecture over the years, they also give evidence of educational developments and […]
Hotel extensions in Dunblane, Lochearnhead & Aberfoyle
The Railway Hotel, Dunblane, 1948 The Village Inn on Stirling Road, Dunblane was originally an 18th century barn. By the early 19th century it was converted into an inn, then […]
Mar Lodge, Children’s Home, 1944.
It would appear that the original Mar Lodge was built around 1817. The building was a private house until 1902, latterly belonging to Commissary General Thomas Alfred Grimaldi Satchwell. After […]
Dundarroch Lodge, Aberfoyle, 1922
Dundarroch Lodge is located at the east end of Loch Ard, close to the shore. The Lodge replaced a house on the same site sold by the Duke of Montrose […]
Viewforth – Council Buildings Old and New
The original house ‘Viewforth’ was built by a Reverend John McMillan, Moderator of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Scotland, in 1787. This house was bought by Peter Drummond, the Stirling […]
Lodge for Cemetery Superintendent, Callander, 1928
A new lodge was built for the Superintendent at Callander Cemetery in 1929. At this time the Superintendent was Mr Donald McLaren who earned £2.15 per week. Accommodation of the […]
D & J MacEwen & Co., Family Grocers and Wine Merchants, Dumbarton Road and Port Street
D & J MacEwen’s grocery shop and wine and spirits merchant business was founded by brothers Daniel and James MacEwen in 1794. The Archives holds a customer account book dating […]
Suffragettes & Allt Grianach, Lochearnhead, 1935
Misses Margaret Greenlees, Margaret Ker and Vera Holme submitted an application in 1935 to alter Dunearn House at Lochearnhead. At this time the ladies were residing at Tigh-na-Crich, Lochearnhead. They […]
Cinemas in Stirling 1911 – 1938
Motion pictures came to Stirling relatively early after the invention of the motion picture camera in the 1890s and the town had several cinemas indicating the popularity of going to […]