Jun 9, 2022 | Lanark Heritage, Lanimer Day
Over the course of a week, there have been two back-to-back celebrations here in Lanark. The Platinum Jubilee has led straight into Lanimer Day 2022. A Crown for the Jubilee I thought it was timely to share a few sketches of Lanark to mark this lively time of year and...
Dec 9, 2021 | Architectural Drawing, Lanark Heritage, Tolbooth Lanark
Many years ago Lanark had four town gates: West Port, East Port, Wellgate and Castlegate. There’s no sign of the gate that once stood at West Port – it’s long gone, demolished sometime in the late 1700’s, but the name remains. West Port, Lanark...
Nov 30, 2021 | Architecture, Lanark Heritage, Tolbooth Lanark
There’s a node of activity surrounding St Nicholas Church and the Tolbooth, Lanark. The ancient Castlegate converges with the High Street nearby and it’s easy to miss the history when you are concentrating on the traffic. Castlegate is one of the...
Oct 6, 2021 | Building conservation, Lanark Heritage
It’s easy to miss but if you look up at the front of the building where Bernard’s Wynd meets South Vennel, you’ll see a carved stone stating ‘Trafalgar Place’. I only spotted this when I recently began a series of small sketches of Lanark...
Sep 8, 2021 | Lanark Heritage, Tolbooth Lanark
The Tolbooth, Lanark A recent post by Tolbooth Arts has prompted me to look a little further into the history of this significant Lanark landmark. It sits at the bottom of the High Street with the Provost’s lamp (from the 1890’s) standing outside. The lamp...
Apr 22, 2021 | Lanark Heritage, Tolbooth Lanark, Uncategorized
Now is that a ‘wind up’ as in a coiled spring or a ‘wind up’ – as in your sails? With all the subtleties of the English language it’s easy to to get confused but here a ‘Wynd’ has yet another meaning – a narrow...
