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 […]
Architecture in Scotland
Cowie Pit Houses – Alloa Coal Company
Before 1894, Cowie was a very small village formed of cottages and farmland. The next fifteen years would see Cowie rapidly grow. From 1894-1909, a church, school and bowling green […]
Edith Burnet Hughes (1888 – 1971)
Edith Mary Wardlaw Burnet Hughes was the first practicing woman architect in Britain. Stirling Council Archives holds some of her architectural drawings amongst its collection of building records. In 1914 […]
Aberfoyle Parish Church Hall, 1925
Stirling Council Archives holds the building plans for the proposed construction of Aberfoyle Parish Church Hall. The Architects who drew up in the plans, c.1925, were Bell & Harvey of […]
Stirling Ladies Golf Club House, Victoria Place, Stirling, 1912
Stirling’s Golf Club was founded at King’s Park in 1869. Although women were allowed to use the course, in those days, they were not allowed to use the men’s clubhouse, […]
Lochearnhead Tea Room, 1933
Stirling Council Archives holds building plans for the Western District of Perthshire (1920-1975). In 1932 plans were submitted for a proposed tea room and house at Lochearnhead. The plans were […]
Boathouse, Dean Crescent, Stirling, 1906
The Boathouse at Dean Crescent, Stirling, is a well-known local landmark. It was built in 1906 for the Stirling Amateur Boating and Swimming Club. The Architect was A.M. Lupton of […]
McAree Brothers, 55 – 59 King Street, a Stirling Institution
McAree Brothers have had a shop at numbers 55 to 59 King Street since 1893 and are a well-loved Stirling landmark. William, David and John McAree set up their first […]
The Bridge Clock at the Customs Roundabout – Gifted to Stirling, 1910
We begin Scotland’s Year of Architecture, Innovation and Design, 2016, with a Document of the Month from the Stirling Burgh Dean of Guild collection. In January 1910, Stirling’s Provost, David […]
Homes fit for heroes – Raploch Housing plans, 1937
The design of this housing represents a huge improvement on the accommodation that many Stirling citizens lived in prior to this. Although these buildings appear old fashioned to us now, […]