Old Photograph The Well House Bridge Of Allan Scotland

Old photograph of a Pipe Band outside the Well House in Bridge Of Allan near Stirling, Scotland. The well house at Bridge of Allan was one of the earliest buildings of this type in Scotland, predating the hydropathic movement. The mineral springs and their medical qualities were decisive in the development of Bridge of Allan and this well house is one of the earliest surviving buildings in the village associated with this important industry. Although the medicinal qualities of the water were known by the local labourers in the middle of the 18th century, it was not until Sir Robert Abercrombie purchased the Airthrey estate from the Haldanes Family in 1807 that the water from the metal ore mines was analysed by Dr Thomson, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow and the results published. This discovery transformed Bridge of Allan.

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Old Photograph Glenlair House Scotland

Old photograph of Glenlair House in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. James Clerk Maxwell, born 13th of June 1831, died 5th of November 1879, lived in Glenlair House. He was a Scottish mathematical physicist. His most prominent achievement was to formulate a set of equations that describe electricity, magnetism, and optics as manifestations of the same phenomenon, namely the electromagnetic field. Maxwell's achievements concerning electromagnetism have been called the " second great unification in physics ", after the first one realised by Isaac Newton.


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Old Photograph Gogar Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Gogar Castle, located to the west of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. The castle was built in 1625 by the master architect William Ayton for John Cowper, whose father had bought the estate in 1601, and his wife, Helen Skene of Hallyards Castle. The castle replaced an earlier building of 14th century origin, traces of which can be found in the castle's foundations. The original Castle Gogar, Gogar House, built about 1300, belonged to the Forresters of Corstorphine; in the 16th century, the owner was Robert Logan of Restalrig who sold the house and lands to Adam Couper in 1601. The property was extended in the mid 1700s and again in the 19th century when the Scots Baronial features such as the tower and turrets were added. Castle Gogar was owned for over 200 years by members of the Gibson-Maitland and the Steel-Maitland families, until the death of Brenda Steel Maitland in 2002.



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Old Photograph Greywalls House Scotland

Old photograph of Greywalls House, Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. This house was built in 1901 for Alfred Lyttelton, to designs by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Alfred Lyttelton, born 1857, died 1913, served as a Member of Parliament from 1895 to 1913, holding office as Colonial Secretary from 1903 to 1905. He was also a talented sportsman, having previously played on the English national cricket and football teams. A keen golfer, in 1901 he commissioned the architect Edwin Lutyens to design a holiday home on a site adjacent to Muirfield golf course on the East Lothian coast. Originally known as High Walls, the house was designed in Lutyens' Arts and Crafts style. Lutyens also laid out the gardens, possibly with the assistance of Gertrude Jekyll. In 1905 the house was sold by Lyttelton to Evelyn Forbes, the Scots socialite wife of American railroad magnate William Dodge James.



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Old Photographs St. Mary's School Melrose Scotland

Old photograph of St. Mary's School in Melrose, Borders, Scotland. St. Mary's School was established in 1895 by John Hamilton as a school for boys. The school remains at its original location in Abbey Park, Melrose, and is named after St. Mary's Abbey, Melrose. In 1976 the school became co-educational. The school motto is Behalde to ye hende, which means Look to your future in old Scots.



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