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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Situated to the west of Cambusbarron is Touch Estate. The estate has been primarily owned by the Setons, a powerful family who acquired the land from the Frasers in the […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
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 […]