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...
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...
Aug 14, 2020 | Art, Painting,, Scotland, Tolbooth Lanark
A new exhibition went up in the Tolbooth Lanark last weekend, titled ‘Coasts and Rivers’. This is Lanark’s invitation for local artists to participate in Scotland’s 2020 celebration of: ‘Scotland’s Year of Coasts and...
