Old Photograph Southwick House Scotland

Old photograph of Southwick House located close to the Southwick Burn near where it empties into the Solway Firth on the southern slopes of the Criffell granite hill, 4 miles West of Kirkbean in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It was built in 1750. There are fine Home Farm, stable, mill and lodge buildings associated with the house in addition to a bridge and the attractive mid 19th century Tudor Shawfoot Cottage. On the opposite side of the Southwick Burn stands Southwick Parish Church, a Romanesque style kirk built in 1891.



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Old Photograph Drumhead House Cardross Scotland

Old photograph of Drumhead House in Cardross which is located halfway between Dumbarton, and Helensburgh, Scotland. Robert the Bruce purchased the portions of lands of Pillanflatt from the Earl of Lennox, lying in the parish of Cardross in 1326. In 1329, he died at his manorial house that he built there. A field called the Mains of Cardross is thought to have been the location of his royal manor.





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Old Photograph Dess House Kincardine O'Neil Scotland

Old photograph of Dess House in Kincardine O'Neil located between Banchory and Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Since ancient times there was a crossing of the Dee River at Kincardine O'Neil. Locations of the Dee crossings along with alignment of ancient trackways formed a major impetus for location of early castles and settlements. In the vicinity of Kincardine O'Neil the Middle Ages trackways to the south had a particular influence on development in and around Kincardine O'Neil and Aboyne Castle. In the 19th century, the Deeside Railway bypassed the village, impeding the expansion of the settlement, unlike towns nearby. By 1895 the population of Kincardine O'Neil exceeded 200. Most of the present buildings were built in the 19th century.



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Old Photograph Carlekemp House Scotland

Old photograph of Carlekemp House by North Berwick, Scotland. The British Government rented houses for the duration of the first World War to accommodate servicemen. One such was Carlekemp on Abbotsford Road, North Berwick, which was used as an officers' convalescent home. One young officer recovering at Carlekemp recalled seeing the long procession of the surrendering German Fleet of some 70 warships steaming up the Forth.



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Old Photograph Finzean House Scotland

Old photograph of Finzean House by Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Joseph Farquharson died on 15 April 1935 at Finzean, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He combined a long and prolific career as a painter with his inherited role as a Scottish laird. He painted in both oils and water colours. His mother, a celebrated beauty, was an Ainslie. His early days were spent in his father's house in Northumberland Street below Queen Street Gardens and later at Eaton Terrace beyond the Dean Bridge, Edinburgh and at Finzean, the family estate in the highlands. His father Francis was a doctor and laird of Finzean. Joseph was educated in Edinburgh and permitted by his father to paint only on Saturdays using his father's paint box. When Joseph reached the age of 12, Francis Farquharson bought his son his first paints and only a year later he exhibited his first painting at the Royal Scottish Academy.



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