Airth Castle Hotel, Falkirk, United Kingdom, HD Review
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In Falkirk’s countryside, 14th-century Airth Castle Hotel enjoys a peaceful setting. Once owned by the family of Robert the Bruce, it has a luxury spa, an elegant restaurant and stylish rooms.
The Castle's former stable block now houses modern guest rooms, some overlooking the courtyard. All rooms have a flat-screen satellite TV, free tea and coffee and ironing facilities.
The award-winning spa features a pool, sauna, hot tub, steam room and beauty treatments. The gym equipment includes touch-screen TVs and iPod docks.
The Glasshouse Restaurant and Piano Bar serve local, seasonal food beneath a pyramid of glass. The Castle’s Business Lounge offers a light menu and drinks.
The Castle Hotel is a 30 minute drive from Edinburgh and a 45 minute car ride from Glasgow. Historic Stirling, with its Castle and the Wallace Monument, is a 20 minute drive away.
Dunmore Pineapple, an unusual shaped structure, Falkirk.
Dunmore pineapple was originally built as a garden retreat
and now acts as a haven for various species of wildlife.
Sometimes referred to as the most bizarre building in Scotland, the Pineapple is located in Dunmore park, Falkirk.
The roof was intricately designed to match the tropical fruit and the segment carvings consists of individual leaves cantilevered out from coursed masonry.
Today, the gardeners' quarters and the estate's summerhouse can be rented out as a holiday home.
The estate was sold in lots in 1970 whereby the Countess of Perth acquired the 'Pineapple lot', consisting of the folly, large walled garden, woodlands and a small lake. In 1974 she gave it to the National Trust of Scotland and in turn, it leased the lot to the Landmark Trust.
The Landmark Trust is a building preservation charity that rescues historic buildings at risk and lets them for holidays. The Pineapple sleeps up to 4 people.
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The Pineapple, Dunmore, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Dunmore Pineapple was originally build as a garden retreat and now acts as a haven for various species of wildlife.
Sometimes referred to as 'the most bizarre building in Scotland', the Pineapple is located in Dunmore Park, Falkirk.
The roof was intricately designed to match the tropical fruit and the segment carvings consists of individual leaves, cantilevered out from coursed masonry. Its last spiky leaf sits 45 ft above ground level.
Dunmore Pineapple was built as birthday present for the Earl of Dunmore's wife, Susan, daughter of the 9th Duke of Hamilton. The central roof attraction is the focus of a six-acre brick walled garden and pavilion, completed in 1761. These are set on a sloping site against the middle of a retaining wall between flanking greenhouses.
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ABANDONED - Dunmore House and The Pineapple! (Scotland)
Found FAMILY MAUSOLEUM with COFFIN LIDS! A visit to the DUNMORE ESTATE in Scotland. It is home to the shell of the former Dunmore House, which was abandoned in 1964.
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The Pineapple at Airth, Scotland.
Here's that brilliant, exotic building planted in boring old Scotland. Built in 1761 as a summerhouse after being commissioned by the Earl of Dunmore. Owned by the National Trust for Scotland now and was restored about the 1970s.
Dunmore Pineapple
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A remarkable folly, which is one of Scotland's architectural wonders, the Pineapple was built in 1761, as a garden retreat for the Earl of Dunmore. Today it is leased to the Landmark Trust and available to rent for a very unusual holiday home.
Dunmore Pineapple
The Pineapple, or the Dunmore Pineapple, is one of Scotland's most remarkable buildings. Standing a mile north of the village of Airth and nine miles from Stirling, it was built by the 4th Earl of Dunmore, John Murray, in 1761 as a birthday present for his wife Susan, in the form of a pavilion from which to view the walled gardens of Dunmore Park, the family estate.
The building is one of the architectural wonders of Scotland. The pineapple is around 14 metres high and constitute a stunning example of the stonemason's craft, being a remarkably accurate depiction of a pineapple. Each of the curving stone leaves is separately drained to prevent frost damage, and the stiff serrated edges of the lowest and topmost leaves and the plum berry-like fruits are all cunningly graded so that water cannot accumulate anywhere, ensuring that frozen trapped water cannot damage the delicate stonework.
After remaining in the family for centuries, the Dunmore Estate was broken up in 1970 and sold in lots. One lot, called the Pineapple Lot, included the folly and the large walled garden, along with some woodlands and a small lake. This lot was purchased by the Countess of Perth, and in 1974 was given to the National Trust for Scotland in 1974. The Pineapple was then leased to the Landmark Trust, who restored the building and use it to provide holiday accommodation.
Today, the gardeners' quarters and the pineapple summerhouse may be rented as a holiday home. The bothy on one side of the Pineapple houses two bedrooms and a bathroom, and the bothy on the other side contains a kitchen and a spacious living room. Certainly one of the most unusual holiday homes in Scotland!
Airth Castle & Pineapple
Just a little video from Airth up to the Castle and over to the Pineapple and back, filmed with the Phamtom 3 using Nostalgia settings, as always watch in HD
Dunblane Heritage Walk
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THE PINEAPPLE HOUSE, AIRTH, SCOTLAND
The Pineapple, or the Dunmore Pineapple, is one of Scotland's most remarkable buildings. Standing a mile north of the village of Airth, it was built by John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore, in 1761 as a birthday present for his wife Charlotte. It took the form of a summerhouse from which to view the walled gardens of Dunmore Park, the family estate.
Pineapples had been discovered in the Caribbean by Christopher Columbus in 1493, and over the following centuries had become rare and highly prized delicacies in Europe. Symbols of power, wealth and hospitality, they had increasingly come to be used by architects to decorate gateways, door lintels and other detailed features on their buildings. Perhaps this was why John Murray simply decided to build the largest pineapple he could.
Dunmore's Pineapple may well be the only case of someone forming the entire roof of a building in the shape of a pineapple. Perhaps surprisingly, the architect who designed the Pineapple is uncertain, though some have attributed it to the Scottish architect Sir William Chambers, who is known to have produced a number of distinctive buildings in London's Kew Gardens.
The top of the Pineapple stands 45ft above the level of the walled garden to its south. On its the north side, outwith the walled garden, it stands 37ft above the surrounding landscape. A line of four large stone vases top the wall, two on either side of the Pineapple. These conceal chimneys that originally topped off a heating system within the garden walls. This was intended to promote the growth of exotic specimens (doubtless including pineapples) in the greenhouses that originally lined the inside of the north wall of the garden, either side of the ground-level portico.
We tell the story of Dunmore Park separately, but by the 1970s the walled gardens had become overgrown and the buildings adjacent to the Pineapple were in danger of collapse. In 1974 the Countess of Perth, who had purchased part of the estate four years earlier, gifted it to the National Trust for Scotland. Working with the Landmark Trust they restored the Pineapple to its former glory, and it can now be rented out as a holiday home from the Trust. Access for residents is from the north side, while those viewing the Pineapple do so from the garden to the south after parking in the small car park outside the garden.
The Pineapple, Airth, Falkirk
The Phantom Travelers are in Falkirk to find out just what is The Pineapple?
A building shaped like a Pineapple, and yet built in 1761 when no-one even knew what a pineapple looked like.
It's classed as a Folly, meaning it is a building built for decoration rather than purpose.
It's certainly unique!
Caerlaverock Castle
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Sitting in its moat this imposing castle is fine example of a medieval fortress, and is the only triangular castle in the country. Close to the border with England the castle has been besieged several times, as well as changing hands.
Places to see in ( Stirling - UK )
Places to see in ( Stirling - UK )
Stirling is a city in central Scotland. The market town, surrounded by rich farmland, grew up connecting the royal citadel, the medieval old town with its merchants and tradesmen, the bridge and the port. ocated on the River Forth, Stirling is the administrative centre for the Stirling council area, and is traditionally the county town of Stirlingshire. Proverbially it is the strategically important Gateway to the Highlands. It has been said that Stirling, like a huge brooch clasps Highlands and Lowlands together. Similarly he who holds Stirling, holds Scotland is often quoted. Stirling's key position as the lowest bridging point of the River Forth before it broadens towards the Firth of Forth, made it a focal point for travel north or south.
Once the capital of Scotland, Stirling is visually dominated by Stirling Castle. Stirling also has a medieval parish church, the Church of the Holy Rude, where, on 29 July 1567, the infant James VI was anointed King of Scots by the Bishop of Orkney with the service concluding after a sermon by John Knox.[14] The poet King was educated by George Buchanan and grew up in Stirling. He was later also crowned King of England and Ireland on 25 July 1603, bringing closer the countries of the United Kingdom. Modern Stirling is a centre for local government, higher education, tourism, retail, and industry.
Stirling is renowned as the Gateway to the Highlands and is generally regarded as occupying a strategic position at the point where the flatter, largely undulating Scottish Lowlands meet the rugged slopes of the Highlands along the Highland Boundary Fault. Top of the Town consists of Broad Street, Castle Wynd, Ballengeich Pass, Lower Castle Hill Road, Darnley Street, Baker Street ( formerly Baxters St) and St Mary's Wynd. These streets all lead up to Stirling Castle and are the favourite haunt of tourists who stop off at the Old Town Jail, Mar's Wark, Argyll's Lodging and the castle. Ballengeich Pass leads to the graveyard at Ballengeich and the Castle Wynd winds past the old graveyard. The Top of the Town from Broad Street upwards is renowned for its cobblestoned roads, and cars can be heard rattling over the cobblestones on the way down. Craft shops and tourist-focused shops are evident on the way up and once at the top, panoramic views are available across Stirling and beyond. Other Areas of Stirling include :
Abbey Craig
Airthrey
Allan Park
Bannockburn
Borestone
Braehead
Broomridge
Burghmuir
Cambusbarron
Cambuskenneth
Causewayhead
Chartershall
Corn Exchange
Cornton
Coxethill
Craigmill
Craig Leith
Cultenhove
Forthbank
Gillies Hill
Gowan Hill
Hillpark
Kenningknowes
Kildean
King's Park
Laurelhill
Livilands
Loanhead
Mercat Cross
Raploch
Randolphfield
Riverside
Spittal Hill
Springkerse
St. Ninians
Torbrex
Whins of Milton
Viewforth
Alot to see in ( Stirling - UK ) such as :
Wallace Monument
Stirling Castle
Blair Drummond Safari Park
Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Argyll's Lodging
Church of the Holy Rude
Cambuskenneth Abbey
Macrobert Arts Centre
Falls of Falloch
Abbey Craig
Doune Castle
Stirling Old Town Jail
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum
Dunblane Cathedral
Mar's Wark
King's Park
The Pineapple
Alloa Tower
Airthrey Castle
Briarlands Farm
Causewayhead Park
Menstrie Castle
Robert the Bruce Statue
Herbertshire Castle
Plean Country Park
Elphinstone Tower, Falkirk
Gillies Hill
Tappoch Broch
( Stirling - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Stirling . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Stirling - UK
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Flagpole returns to St Michael's Tower
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Winterfell Castle Stirlingshire Scotland
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Falkirk Wheel
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This is canal engineering brought bang up to date in a spectacular rotating boat lift. By the 1930s eleven locks, which joined the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals, had been filled in and built on. In a millennium project to link the two canals again the futuristic wheel won the competition, and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2002.
Dalmeny House
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The house was designed in the Gothic Revival style around 1817 and the first of its kind to be built in Scotland. The house overlooks the Firth of Forth, and a public footpath runs along the shoreline.
Richmond Castle
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Founded just five years after the Norman Invasion, Richmond Castle enjoys a magnificent vantage point over the Yorkshire Dales.
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