Old Photograph Shop Orphans Home Bridge Of Weir Scotland

Old photograph of the shop in the Orphans Home in Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. The village here was founded as the Orphan Homes of Scotland in 1876 by Glasgow shoemaker and philanthropist William Quarrier on the site of the former Nittingshill Farm. Quarrier had a vision of a community allowing the young people in his care to thrive, set in a countryside environment and housed in a number of grand residences under a house-mother and father. This vision was realised by a number of donations from Quarrier and his friends. As a devout Christian, Quarrier also wished to pass on these values to the children in his charge. As such, he commissioned the building of the grand Mount Zion Church, known informally as the Children's Cathedral; his values are also reflected in the naming of streets in the village, such as Faith Avenue, Hope Avenue, Love Avenue, Praise Avenue and Peace Avenue.



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Old Photograph Ednam House Kelso Scotland

Old photograph of Ednam House near Kelso, Scotland. James Dickson had this house built in 1761. He dealt in the trading and import of goods in England, mainly spices. This trade made him a very rich man. The architect was James Nisbet.



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Old Photograph Keil House Southend Scotland

Old photograph of Keil House on the shores of High Keil in Southend near Campbeltown, Argyll, Scotland. Keil House was once described as the most palatial house in the country. James Nicol Fleming made his fortune from cheap Indian cotton, sold to Britain for an inflated price. By 1865, he was a director of the City of Glasgow Bank, and owner of Keil House. Unhappy with the original house, Fleming commissioned a Glasgow architect, Campbell Douglas, to design a grand house more appropriate to his status. Local sandstone was quarried for the construction, finishing stone was imported by sea, rooms were panelled with the finest wood, and finished with the most ornate plaster work. The completed house was said to have had more windows than Buckingham Palace, so two windows were blocked to reduce their number in deference to the monarch. Ninian Bannatyne Stewart, another Glasgow merchant, son of one of the founders of Stewart and McDonald of Glasgow, acquired the property from Fleming's trustees in 1883. Following Stewart's death in 1912, the remaining family then sold the house and estate to the trustees of the Mackinnon Macneill Trust in 1915, who had been looking for suitable premises in which to establish a school, and would go on to develop Keil House as the Kintyre Technical School.



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Old Photograph Interior House Speyside Scotland

Old photograph of the interior of a house in Speyside, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Craigendinnie House Tarland Scotland

Old photograph of Craigendinnie House by Tarland located five miles North West of Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.



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