- Heritage

Preston Mill

For centuries there has been a mill on this site and the present one operated commercially until 1957…

Tantallon Castle

Set atop cliffs, looking out to the Bass Rock, this formidable castle was a stronghold of the powerful Douglas family. The castle has earthwork defences and a massive 80-foot high 14th century curtain wall and has endured frequent sieges…

Trinity House Maritime Museum

This fine Georgian mansion contains a treasure trove of maritime artefacts including paintings by Henry Raeburn. The site has been home to the Incorporation of Masters and Mariners since the Middle Ages. Many of the artefacts were donated by Leith sailors who travelled the world in centuries gone by…

Burrell Collection

An internationally renowned, outstanding collection of art…

Corehouse

Designed by Sir Edward Blore and built in the 1820s, Corehouse is a pioneering example of the Tudor Architectural Revival in Scotland…

Craignethan Castle

In a picturesque setting overlooking the River Nethan and defended by a wide and deep ditch. The castle’s defences include an unusual caponier, a stone vaulted artillery chamber, unique in Britain…

Glasgow Cathedral

The only Scottish mainland medieval cathedral to have survived the Reformation complete. Built over the tomb of St Kentigern. Notable features in this splendid building are the elaborately vaulted crypt, the stone screen of the early 15th century and the unfinished Blackadder Aisle…

Newark Castle

The oldest part of the castle is a tower built soon after 1478 with a detached gatehouse, by George Maxwell. The main part was added in 1597-99 in a most elegant style. Enlarged in the 16th century by his descendent, the wicked Patrick Maxwell who murdered two of his neighbours…

Pollok House

The house contains an internationally famed collection of paintings as well as porcelain and furnishings appropriate to an Edwardian house…

The Tenement House

A typical Victorian tenement flat of 1892, and time capsule of the first half of the 20th century…