Evening Lodge
Evening Lodge, Cuparstone Road, Aberdeen [demolished long ago]. 1864 Ordnance Survey map: 14 February 1884, Press and Journal: The last family to live at Evening Lodge was the Troup family.
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Meridian Cottage
Meridian Cottage, Cuparstone Road, Aberdeen [demolished long ago]. 1864 Ordnance Survey map: 8 March 1875: Death of William Strath [Cause of death: ‘excessive drinking’]: 4 January 1891, Press and Journal: … Continue reading Meridian Cottage
Volume II: Edington Hill
The TROVE archive for Scotland contains three volumes of hand written diaries by James Davidson of Edington Hill. The TROVE archive had not identified the diarist or recorded information about … Continue reading Volume II: Edington Hill
Upper Tullochgrue cottage
Last week I headed north with Big Ted to visit the iron-roofed cottage at Upper Tullochgrue, Rothiemuchus. We had seen an application had been made to the Council for this … Continue reading Upper Tullochgrue cottage
With a panoramic view over the Dornoch Firth
I am making a short film about a house in Tain called ‘The Grove’. This Georgian house was demolished earlier this year. Here is some of the material that I … Continue reading With a panoramic view over the Dornoch Firth
‘A very large and commodious hotel’
Buck’s Head Hotel, Glasgow [demolished 1863]: Glasgow Herald, 11 June 1849: Ordnance Survey map, 1857: Glasgow Herald, 9th January 1863:
Feddal castle: then at once it was not.
Feddal castle by Braco was demolished in 1953. In 1900 the old Feddal castle was replaced with a Gothic revival construction. But it had a short life. A serious fire … Continue reading Feddal castle: then at once it was not.
Carsebridge House
Last week, without consent, Carsebridge House, Alloa, was demolished:To play my short film about the final days of Carsebridge house please click here. It had lain empty for many years … Continue reading Carsebridge House