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Linlithgow Palace, the first building to bear that title in Scotland, extensively rebuilt along Renaissance principles from the fifteenth century.. The origins of private estate houses in Scotland are in the extensive building and rebuilding of royal palaces that probably began under James III (r. 1460–88), accelerated under James IV (r. 1488–1513), and reached its peak under James V (r ...
Blackburn House is a category A-listed Georgian house, [1] situated between Blackburn and Seafield near Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. The house comprises a compact central Palladian mansion house, with substantial east and west pavilions. The house was built by George Moncrieff in 1772. Moncrieff also founded the small town of Blackburn ...
Stanley House in Mellor, Lancashire, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II* listed on the English Heritage Register. [1] It was built in the late 16th or early 17th century [2] and was the home of notable people for many years. However, by the early 19th century, the status of the house sank to that of a rented ...
Of these, five are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. Until the coming of the Industrial Revolution, Blackburn was a market town, but then became a centre of the cotton industry. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal came to the town in 1806, and the Blackburn and Preston Railway opened in 1846 ...
Blackburn is a town [2] in West Lothian, Scotland, near both Bathgate and Livingston, two of the larger towns in the county. It is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Edinburgh and 25 miles (40 km) east of Glasgow on the old A8 road .
Killiechassie is a country estate and house near Weem, about one mile (two kilometres) northeast of Aberfeldy, [3] in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The estate lies on the banks of the River Tay [4] in some 12 acres (5 hectares), about 74 miles (119 kilometres) north of Edinburgh. It was owned by the Douglas family in the latter part of the 19th ...
Mellor Brook is a village which straddles the borders of the Boroughs of Ribble Valley and South Ribble in Lancashire, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 2,467. [1] The village of Mellor Brook is approximately 4 miles (6 km) north west of Blackburn.
Thwaites Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1807 by Daniel Thwaites in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, now located near Mellor in the Ribble Valley. [2] Part of the company was sold to Marston's in 2015, [3] and the original brewery was demolished in 2019. [4] Thwaites still produces beer on a smaller scale.