Author: Colin McWilliam
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 527

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Author: Jane Geddes
Publisher: Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland
ISBN: 9780300259049
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This is the first fully revised and expanded guide to the buildings of Lothian since Colin McWilliam's pioneering volume of 1978, with new colour photography, maps and plans to accompany the unrivalled coverage of the area. Lothian surrounds the capital city of Edinburgh, which has done much to influence the character of its buildings. Among these are some important medieval relics, including the internationally-famous Rosslyn Chapel, the royal Renaissance palace at Linlithgow and the ruins of great castles and tower houses. Among major country houses, none are more splendid than Hopetoun and the ducal seat of Dalkeith Palace but Lothian also has the extraordinarily well-preserved Newhailes and mighty Gosford House. This is also an area of picturesque small towns and resorts along the Firth of Forth with outstanding villas for the Edwardian elite, and rural villages of unspoiled character, preserving remains of their agricultural heritage. The industrial legacy is important, including not only one of the most complete collieries in Scotland but also the world-famous Forth Rail Bridge. This volume is an essential reference for visitors and residents alike.

Author: Colin McWilliam
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 525

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Author: Richard Walter
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445691906
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Previously unpublished images of the popular operator - Lothian Buses. With examples of the current fleet and comparison photos to show the changes that have happened since deregulation.

Author: Francis Watt
Publisher:
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Category : Edinburgh (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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Author: John R. Baldwin
Publisher: Royal Commission
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Author: Francis Watt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332123131
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Excerpt from Edinburgh and the Lothians At Holyrood; The Approach to Holyrood - Charm, Beauties and Memories of the Palace - The Entrance - The Gallery of Kings - The Crowd of Shadows - The Darnley Rooms - The Mary Stuart Rooms - The Secret Staircase - Comments of Visitors - The Graves in the Abbey - Lord Belhaven - Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney and Shetland - Royal Vault - A Legend of Holyrood - Queen Mary's Bath and Croft-an-Righ - The Gardens - The Precincts; The Story of Holyrood; The Legend of King David - The Foundation of the Abbey - Fate of the Black Rood of Scotland - The Right of Sanctuary of the Abbey and the Palace - The Thirty-one Abbots - Holyrood as Palace - Marriage of James IV. and Margaret Tudor - Other Royalties - Queen Mary's Reception - Her Happy Days - The Storm-cloud - Murders of Rizzio and Darnley - Wild Voices round the Palace - James VI. at Holyrood - The Bothwell Escapades - Holyrood after the Union of the Crowns - Palace burned down and rebuilt - The Last Riding of the Parliament - Royal Fugitives at Holyrood - Later Days; The Historic Mile; The High Street and Canongate - Its Divisions - Romantic Note in Scots Annals - The Old-time Aspect - The Great Invasion - The Closes - Their Strange History - Inscriptions on the Houses and their Meanings - The Changes Inevitable; Some Closes and Houses in High Street and Canongate; A Stroll from the Castle to Holyrood - The Palace of Mary of Guise - The Free Kirk College - Memories of James's Court - Libberton's Wynd - The Eventful History of Lady Stair - The Anchor Close - Guy Mannering - The Folk of Warriston's Close - The City Chambers and the City Museum - Round about the Tron Church - The Meeting of the Ways - John Knox's House - Its Traditions - Strichen's Close and the Bluidy Advocate Mackenzie - The Begbie Murder - World's End Close and the Netherbow Port - A Brief Chronicle of the Canongate - Morocco Land and its Legend - Golfer's Land - The White Horse Close - The Royal Tennis Court and the Early Theatre - Huntly House and Popular Tradition - Moray House and its Memories - St John Street - The Fall of the Canongate About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 778

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Author: Hilary J. Grainger
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788852656
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 686

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Despite seven out of ten people in Scotland choosing cremation, in many ways crematoria are 'invisible' buildings, visited only by necessity, and they have not received the attention they deserve. Crematoria present a real challenge for architects. They are paradoxical buildings: religious and secular, functional and symbolic, required to satisfy the practical and emotional needs of all faiths and none. This book provides architectural 'biographies' of Scotland's thirty-one crematoria, explaining their increasing relevance in contemporary Scottish society and pointing to Scotland's distinctive contribution to the progress of cremation and the architecture of crematoria. Many leading architects and craftsmen, including Sir Robert Lorimer and Sir Basil Spence, produced designs of great architectural merit, and Scottish local authorities led the way in designing some of the most progressive crematoria in the UK. These singular, often contested buildings, many in magnificent natural landscape settings, reveal a great deal about the complex, changing and distinctive attitudes to death and funeral rituals in Scotland.

Author: Lothian and Edinburgh Enterprise Limited
Publisher:
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Category : Small business
Languages : en
Pages : 1

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