Strathblane
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Strathblane is a village and parish in the registration county of Stirling, situated in the southwestern part of the Stirling council area, in central Scotland. It lies at the foothills of the Campsie Fells and the Kilpatrick Hills on the Blane Water, 12 miles (19 km) north of Glasgow, 14 miles (23 km) east-southeast of Dumbarton, and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Stirling. Strathblane is a dormitory village for Greater Glasgow, and has a total resident population of 1,811.
A view over Strathblane from Ballagan
The remains of Blanefield railway station in 1974
A panorama of Strathblane from the rocky ridge leading to Earl's Seat.
Mugdock Castle was the stronghold of the Clan Graham.
Robert Lorimer
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Sir Robert Stodart Lorimer, KBE was a prolific Scottish architect and furniture designer noted for his sensitive restorations of historic houses and castles, for new work in Scots Baronial and Gothic Revival styles, and for promotion of the Arts and Crafts movement.
John Henry Lorimer: Robert Lorimer, at work (1886)
Memorial in St Giles' Cathedral designed by his friend A. N. Paterson
Lorimer's house at 54 Melville Street, Edinburgh