Posts Tagged ‘conservation’
Georgian terraced home combines elegance and period charm
A charming Georgian terraced property with a garden and private parking is presently available. Knight Frank present this three bedroom house for sale in Comely Bank, Edinburgh. Located in one of Edinburgh’s most popular areas, this pretty house is just moments away from Stockbridge High Street. The house combines two elegant reception rooms with three double…
Read MorePopular Scottish tourist attraction closing for £5.2million refit
A popular Scottish castle is closing to the public this weekend, to enable a multi-million pound restoration and modernisation project to get underway. Kilmarnock’s Dean Castle will shut on January 28. East Ayrshire Council, supported by East Ayrshire Leisure, received £1.5m from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the cost of the works, which are expected…
Read MoreBook review: A Sea Monster’s Tale
Colin Speedie’s new book A Sea Monster’s Tale: In Search of the Basking Shark takes us from swashbuckling hunts of giant sharks by reckless individuals with makeshift harpoons, through an age of mass slaughter, to the author’s personal shark-tracking adventures. At up to eleven metres in length and seven tonnes in weight, this plankton-feeding fish…
Read MoreB-listed coachhouse conversion at the heart of a conservation village
A category B listed building at the heart of a beautiful Scottish conservation village is now available to buy. Presented to the market by Galbraith, Loanfoot is house of great character and charm situated in the heart of Skirling, in the Scottish Borders. The property was formerly a coaching inn and has many period features…
Read MoreImpressive former police station in a quiet conservation village
A former village police house in the Borders is for sale. Beech House, formerly the village Police House, is an attractive detached four bedroom family home, enjoying a prime woodland edge location within the pretty conservation village of Swinton, presented to the market by Hastings Legal. Dating from 1890 and listed as of historic interest…
Read MoreRetirement living can be taken as Red (Deer)
For discerning downsizers looking to release equity in a large family home then Red Deer Village near Glasgow is the ideal destination. Located in Stepps, the family run park, proudly presided over by the Hendry family for the past thirteen years, is a beautifully landscaped five star park with a wide selection of well appointed,…
Read MoreProtest march against plans to build homes on Culloden site
A group protesting at plans to build homes on part of the historic Culloden battlefield are holding a march next weekend. The group to Stop Development at Culloden have announced their plants to hold a march to protest against Kirkwood Homes Ltd’s proposal to build 16 homes at Viewhill Farm. The proposed development is called…
Read MoreShocking statistics as litter found on Scotland’s beaches rises
Litter on Scottish beaches is on the rise, according to a shocking new report. The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) runs the annual Great British Beach Clean every September and it’s the UK’s largest and most influential beach clean-up and survey where all items found are recorded according to an internationally agreed methodology. In Scotland beach…
Read MoreAwards for game and conservation honour industry’s leading lights
The 2017 Purdey Awards were presented last week at a ceremony held in London gun and rifle maker James Purdey & Sons’ famous Long Room. The Gold Award was won by the Bywell Shoot, Northumberland, for their work in turning a reared pheasant shoot into a wild game shoot with a sustainable population of wild…
Read MoreA fantastic year for Scotland’s seabirds
The Outer Hebridean island Mingulay has had its best seabird season since 2000 according to new figures from the National Trust for Scotland. Scotland’s largest conservation charity has been monitoring seabird populations on Mingulay since it became responsible for the protection of the island. Summer 2017 has been a bumper year for razorbills and guillemots.…
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