Object:View from Chapelhill House Date: 19th century Description : This photograph was taken in 1872 and shows the coffer dam built to enable the draining of the land to reclaim the area to be used for the new Esplanade. The money was raised mostly from...
Object: Gatehouse Date: 19th century Description : These two thatched cottages called The Gatehouse stood on the Plan Road opposite the path down through the wood to Kilchattan Bay. From 1889 one of the cottages was occupied by the Fisher family, their son...
Victoria StreetThis is an early photograph of Victoria Street taken some time before 1869 prior the land to the seaward side being reclaimed to provide the land for the Esplanade and gardens. The funding was provided by George Stevenson, of Glen Caladh, (£500), the...