Something remarkable today, a photo perhaps the oldest of any Blantyre photos! This lantern slide was allegedly taken in 1860 by Sir Thomas Annan and shows Blantyre Priory when the ruin was still very much more intact than now. Incredibly this photo 161 years old was taken a full 17 years even before the Blantyre […]
Blantyre Project has previously researched Auchinraith House from it’s construction in 1809 through to it’s demolition. However, today I’ve been given some great photos from Alex Rochead showing it’s use in the final years. A quick recap first, Auchinraith House stood just off Whistleberry Road and was previously a more modest home in the 1700s […]