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Lost Houses of Scotland

Lost Houses of Scotland
Author: Marcus Binney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1980
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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Scotland lost more than 450 houses of "architectural pretension" between 1900 and 1980. This study is an attempt to document the losses of Scottish Country Houses by showing how much has been lost, especially since WWII, with the aim of underlining the importance of the efforts being made to preserve, maintain, and use those that remain.


Scotland's Lost Houses

Scotland's Lost Houses
Author: Ian Gow
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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Since 1945, it has been estimated, over 200 major houses have been lost in Scotland, through fire, dry rot, mining subsistence, or simply demolition resulting from the prohibitive cost of upkeep. Ian Gow features details of 20 of the country's most important lost houses.


Scotland's Lost Gardens

Scotland's Lost Gardens
Author: Marilyn Brown (archaeological investigator.)
Publisher: Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2012
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

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Gardens are one of the most important elements in the cultural history of Scotland. Like any art form, they provide an insight into social, political and economic fashions, they intimately reflect the personalities and ideals of the individuals who created them, and they capture the changing fortunes of successive generations of monarchs and noblemen. Yet they remain fragile features of the landscape, easily changed, abandoned or destroyed, leaving little or no trace.In Scotland's Lost Gardens, author Marilyn Brown rediscovers the fascinating stories of the nation's vanished historic gardens. Drawing on varied, rare and newly available archive material, including the cartography of Timothy Pont, a spy map of Holyrood drawn for Henry VIII during the 'Rough Wooing', medieval charters, renaissance poetry, the Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, and modern aerial photography, a remarkable picture emerges of centuries of lost landscapes.Starting with the monastic gardens of St Columba on the Isle of Iona in the sixth century, and encompassing the pleasure parks of James IV and James V, the royal and noble refuges of Mary Queen of Scots, and the 'King's Knot', the garden masterpiece which lies below Stirling Castle, the history of lost gardens is inextricably linked to the wider history of the nation, from the spread of Christianity to the Reformation and the Union of the Crowns.The product of over 30 years of research, Scotland's Lost Gardens demonstrates how our cultural heritage sits within a wider European movement of shared artistic values and literary influences. Providing a unique perspective on this common past, it is also a fascinating guide to Scotland's disappeared landscapes and sanctuaries - lost gardens laid out many hundreds of years ago 'for the honourable delight of body and soul'.


Fortune's Many Houses

Fortune's Many Houses
Author: Simon Welfare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-02-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 198212864X

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A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change the world for the better but paid a heavy price. This is a true tale of love and loss, fortune and misfortune. In the late 19th century, John and Ishbel Gordon, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, were the couple who seemed to have it all: a fortune that ran into the tens of millions, a magnificent stately home in Scotland surrounded by one of Europe’s largest estates, a townhouse in London’s most fashionable square, cattle ranches in Texas and British Columbia, and the governorships of Ireland and Canada where they lived like royalty. Together they won praise for their work as social reformers and pioneers of women’s rights, and enjoyed friendships with many of the most prominent figures of the age, from Britain’s Prime Ministers to Oliver Wendell-Holmes and P.T. Barnum and Queen Victoria herself. Yet by the time they died in the 1930s, this gilded couple’s luck had long since run out: they had faced family tragedies, scandal through their unwitting involvement in one of the “crimes of the century” and, most catastrophically of all, they had lost both their fortune and their lands. This fascinating family quest for the reason for their dramatic downfall is also a moving and colorful exploration of society in Victorian Britain and North America and an inspirational feast for history lovers.


Lost Ayrshire

Lost Ayrshire
Author: Dane Love
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-08-09
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781912476299

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The history of Ayrshire's lost architectural heritage


Mirrorland

Mirrorland
Author: Carole Johnstone
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2021-04-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1982136081

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“Unnerving.” —People “Unsettling...unlocks its mysteries slowly.” —The New York Times Book Review “A dark, twisty, and richly atmospheric exploration of the power of imagination” —Ruth Ware, author of The Woman in Cabin 10 “Beautifully written and told with a watchmaker’s precision” (Stephen King), Mirrorland is a thrilling psychological suspense novel about twin sisters, the man they both love, the house that has always haunted them, and the childhood stories they can’t leave behind. Cat lives in Los Angeles, far from 36 Westeryk Road, the imposing gothic house in Edinburgh where she and her estranged twin sister, El, grew up. As kids, they invented Mirrorland, a dark, imaginary place under the pantry stairs, full of pirates, witches, and clowns. These days, Cat rarely thinks about their childhood home, or the fact that El now lives there with her husband, Ross. But when El mysteriously disappears after going out on her sailboat, Cat is forced to return to 36 Westeryk Road, which hasn’t changed in twenty years. The grand old house is still full of shadowy corners, and at every turn Cat finds herself stumbling on long-held secrets and terrifying ghosts from the past. Because someone—El?—has left Cat clues: a treasure hunt that leads them back to Mirrorland, where the truth lies waiting... A brilliantly crafted story that “feels like the love child of Gillian Flynn and Stephen King” (Greer Hendricks, #1 New York Times bestselling author), Mirrorland is a propulsive, page-turning debut about love, betrayal, revenge—and the price of freedom.


Castles of Scotland

Castles of Scotland
Author: Martin Coventry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781899874248

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A must for all those who want to visit Scotland's many castles. The book covers all of the coutry's famous strongholds, as well as many lesser-known places, with location, access, visitor facilities, and contact details. There is a map, many photos, a glossary of architectural terms, and a family-name index, allowing the reader to identify any castle associated with their family.


FAREWELL GRANDEUR

FAREWELL GRANDEUR
Author: DAN. SWEENEY
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024
Genre:
ISBN: 9780992714819

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Great Houses of Scotland

Great Houses of Scotland
Author: Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1997
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 1856691063

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26 houses photographed in colour and accompanied by informative text about their history.


Lost Houses of Britain

Lost Houses of Britain
Author: Anna Sproule
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1982
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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