Tag: mosaics

Chapel Mosaics, 1870’s

Blantyre Oddities
1 Comment

These incredible mosaics were once on the wall in a little chapel formerly located near the Priory Bridge Housing Estate. As part of the Calderglen Estate, the chapel was erected in the 1880s in memory of Pelham Maitland Cochrane, the son of the Calderglen House owner. When the chapel became in disrepair, the mosaics were […]

Cochrane’s Chapel, Blantyre

Blantyre Buildings
Comments

A building i’m often asked about is the small stone ruin in the woods behind modern day Kirkwall Avenue and Jura Drive. It’s been said that this was connected to the Priory and was once a chapel. That’s only half true, i’m afraid and today this article aims to provide some information and history. The […]