Shop block:-

Doorway, pediment and fanlight:-

Lakeland House on Abbey Road. Stitch of two photos:-

Central tower. Strong verticals and horizontals, rule of three in windows, streamline detailing:-

John Whinnerah Institute, Abbey Road aspect:-

Stitch of frontage:-

Doorway:-

Hindpool Road aspect of John Whinnerah Institute:-

Triangular Window detail:-

Just up Abbey Road from the Nan Tait Centre in Barrow was the Salvation Army Building:-

The Old Fire Station is also on Abbey Road:-

But Barrow Town Hall (on Duke Street) is very impressive. A lot of these Victorian era municipal buildings are:-

Reverse view:-

Last September we paid a visit to Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria.

There are some fine buildings in the town, including the former Technical School, now the Nan Tait Centre, on Abbey Road.

Side of building with Student’s Entrance:-

Frontage. (Stitch of two photos.):-

Frieze:-

Entrance:-

Plaque:-

Second frieze:-

Below are photos of the reconstructed interior of the Glasgow house of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Mcdonald inside the Hunterian Art Gallery, Hillhead Street, Glasgow (see previous post.)

Entrance Hall, Mackintosh House, Hunterian Art Gallery:-

Hall mirror:-

Off the hall is the Dining Room  whos efirniture is reminiscent of the dining room in Hill House which Mackintosh designed for the publisher Walter Blackie:-

The Mackintosh house is an extension to the original Hunterian Art Gallery on Hillhead Street off University Avenue in Glasgow. It is a replica of the Glasgow house Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald.

The house’s facade on Hillhead Street:-

Lower window and door. The door here is obviously not accessible. Entry is from inside the Art Gallery:-

The “house” is externally rendered in concrete. Glasgow University buildings in background:-

On the Sons’ home page, I spotted the building featured below.

It’s in a photo of the ladies’ team’s game at Mountblow, Dalmuir, (which sadly the Daughters of the Rock lost,) and shows in the background the football pavilion at Mountblow which has obviously been given a much needed make-over since these pictures were taken (not to mention these.)

The pavilion dates from 1937 and I’ve seen it many a time when passing the sports ground on a train but had never photographed it myself.

Now I won’t have to.

Glasgow University’s Reading Room is on University Avenue, Glasgow:-

It is circular in shape but it’s really only the entrance doors and facade which look Deco. The rest is more like a post-war 1950s/60s building:-

Corgarff Castle is in the care of Historic Environment Scotland. We passed it on the way down from Dufftown to Ballater last year on the (in)famous Tomintoul – Cock Bridge road, the A 939. Unfortunately it was on one of the days of the week when the castle isn’t open.

It’s ummissable from the road standing on the hillside as it does, but there’s a steep path up from the car park.

Castle from approach path:-

The unusually shaped perimeter wall was built when the castle was a barracks.

Close view:-

From northwest:-

From southeast:-

From northeast:-

On the way down from Craigellachie we stopped off at Dufftown, mainly to have a look at Balvennie Castle, once the seat of the Earls of Buchan. We couldn’t go into the interior  since the castle was closed on the day.

Balvennie Castle information board:-

Balvennie Castle:-

Entrance:-

Gate:-

Interior through gate:-

From northwest:-

As you might expect from a William Adam designed house, Duff House has some ornate touches with some lovely ceilings:-

Parquet floor:-

Library:-