Old Photograph Curling Hall Hotel Largs Scotland

Old photograph of the Curling Hall Hotel by Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland. This was a house built by curling enthusiast Dr John Cairnie in 1812. He was a founder member of the Largs Curling Club which was instituted in December 1813 and became the Noddle Club in 1814. Dr Cairnie made Scotland's first artificial curling pond at Curling Hall. In the early 1880s, Curling Hall was bought by John Clark who had made a fortune in cotton thread manufacturing. In 1920, a syndicate bought Curling Hall and redesigned it as the Curling Hall Hydro Hotel. The Hyrdo joined with Marine Hotel next door in 1955 to form the Marine and Curlinghall Hotel. The hotel was eventually sold to John Lawrence Builders, Glasgow to be demolished and housing built.



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