Plans of Allan Park Church, Stirling, April 1866
These beautiful plans of this well-known Stirling Church have just been handed in to the Archives to join the written records of the Church that we already hold here. Allan […]
Architecture in Scotland
Stirling Area Shops 1894 – 1950
‘Tis the season to be shopping! A look at some of the lovely plans of shop buildings that we have for the Stirling area at the Archives. Macaree Brothers, King […]
Stirling Albion and St Ninian’s Thistle, Football Stadiums, 1909 – 1973
St Ninian’s had its own football team, St Ninian’s Thistle F.C., known in their time as ‘The Jags’ just as Partick are today. They were formed in 1897 and played […]
Stirling’s Swimming Pools, 1930 and 1975
This splendid red brick swimming pool at Edward Road, Riverside, was designed by Alexander Nisbet Malcolm, the Architect to Stirling Education Authority and the man who designed the nearby Riverside […]
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 […]
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 […]
Doors Open Day: 10 & 11 September
Stirling Council Archives at the Engine Shed, Forthside Saturday 10th September, 10am – 4pm Sunday 11th September, 10am-4pm The Engine Shed, Forthside Way, Stirling, FK8 1QZ (over the spiky footbridge […]
Local Authority Housing in Stirling 1925 – 1954
The Stirling Dean of Guild plan series includes lots of plans of housing developments built by both Stirling Town Council and Stirling County Council. As well as being useful for […]
From Gothic to Modernist, Two Stirling Churches, 1904 and 1970
The designs for these two churches, separated by 66 years, could not be more different and show the changes in attitudes to church architecture through the 20th century. The first […]
Stirling’s Old Post Office, Maxwell Place, 1894
The plans for Stirling’s new Post Office were drawn up by officials at HM Office of Works in Edinburgh in May 1893. This new building was to replace the previous […]