Old Photograph Fire Station Achiltibuie Scotland

Old photograph of the Fire Station in Achiltibuie near Ullapool, Scotland. Achiltibuie is a long linear village in Ross and Cromarty, Highlands, on the Coigach coast of northwestern Scotland, overlooking Badentarbet Bay to the west. Loch Broom and the Summer Isles lie to the south. Located 10 miles north west of Ullapool as the crow flies. Achiltibuie is the central community of a series of townships and communities stretching from Culnacraig, through Badenscallie and Polglass, where the community hall, the primary school and the Piping School are located, Polbain, and Reiff to Achnahaird.



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Old Photograph Kilarow Parish Church Bowmore Islay Scotland

Old photograph of Kilarow Parish Church in Bowmore, Islay, Scotland. This 18th century church, known as The Round Church, was built by Daniel Campbell of Shawfield and Islay in 1767 at a cost of £1000. Bowmore is a planned village for those of the village of Kilarrow who were not directly involved in the work of Islay Estate, mainly agricultural workers and weavers. The unusual design of the church makes it the only complete circular church in Scotland. Islay is the fifth largest Scottish island and the seventh-largest island surrounding Great Britain.





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Old Photograph Gunsgreen House Scotland

Old photograph of Gunsgreen House by the harbour in Eyemouth, Scotland. The houses was built around 1753 according to a design by the Scottish architect James Adam. Patrick Hume of Billie acquired Gunsgreen House in 1764. Later it came into the possession of John Nisbet. The merchant Nisbet was a well known smuggler and set up the building right next to the port to receive smuggled goods. After Nisbets trade was increasingly disturbed by the authorities in the 1780s, he lost his fortune in a court case initiated by his counterpart Alexander Robertson in 1789. In the following centuries the house often changed owner. Throughout its history, it has also served as the hotel and club of the local golf club. In the 1990s the neglected Gunsgreen House was empty. The non profit Gunsgreen House Trust was founded in 1998 and restored the villa by donations.



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Old Photograph Dunlop House Scotland

Old photograph of Dunlop House near the village of Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The present tall and stately building of free stone dates from 1834 and was designed by the Glasgow architect Hamilton. It is built on the site of a very much older structure however dating from 1599, " an ancient stronghouse fortified by a deep moat ". It was Sir John Dunlop who demolished this former structure and built the imposing mansion employing Italian craftsmen to carry out the beautifully coffered ceiling in the drawing room. The stately property still retains many of the original cornice and ceiling details and incorporates a Jacobean tower. The interior of this fine property includes two halls, the lower or entrance hall and an upper hall with tall Corinthian pillars from which the principa lrooms diverge. The centre of the house is lit from the room. Dunlop House was among the first Ayrshire houses offered to the Red Cross during the War. The house remained in the Clan Dunlop family until 1932 when Ayrshire Council bought it.



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Old Photograph Dunmore House Scotland

Old photograph of Dunmore House near Ellenabeich, on the isle of Seil, Scotland. Seil is located on the east side of the Firth of Lorn, 7 miles south west of Oban. A former slate mining area and one of the Slate Islands, in the Firth of Lorn. A ferry sails from Easdale to Ellenabeich which is separated from Easdale by only a narrow channel. Confusingly, Ellenabeich is sometimes known as Easdale as a result of its traditional connections with the island. Once the centre of the British slate industry, Easdale had a community of more than 500 working as many as seven quarries, some of which extended to 300 feet below sea level. Easdale slate helped to build major cities of the British Empire and can still be seen on rooftops as far afield as Melbourne, Nova Scotia, Dunedin and Dublin. The last slate was cut in 1950.



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