As Stirling celebrates 900 years as a Royal Burgh, Stirling City Heritage Trust invites you to discover the stories of Stirling’s historic streets and how Conservation Area designation helps to protect the city’s unique historic environment.
From Wednesday 12th February. Exhibition open 10am - 5pm Wed to Sun
The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Free, no need to book
For almost 150 years people have joined forces protect historic buildings, parks and trees. Ranging from tiny community organisations to the National Trusts, these trusts and societies were formed in response to the threat of loss of treasured buildings and landscapes which people saw as important to the fabric of their communities.
Founded by King David I in 1124, the Royal Burgh of Stirling is one of the oldest burghs in Scotland. Its strategic location and royal associations have combined to leave a remarkable built environment and important designed landscape of great historic and cultural significance.
The Royal Burgh developed on the steep slopes below the castle. Burgh lands were divided amongst burgesses in long narrow plots, giving rise to the characteristic building form found in historic Scottish burghs of tall, narrow buildings. Stirling expand beyond its original medieval layout in the 19th century, when classical villas were built to the north and south of the town, set in generous grounds along grand new treelined streets.
This exhibition celebrates the work of grass roots organisations that acted to protect Stirling’s historic townscape and explores the stories of the wide leafy avenues, narrow urban streets, and winding lanes that make up Stirling’s Conservation Areas today.
Courtesy of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Courtesy of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Courtesy of The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum
Avenues to the Past: Stirling’s Historic Streets runs from 12th February to the end of March at The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum. The Museum is open 10am - 5pm Wednesday to Sunday.
The exhibition is funded by Historic Environment Scotland and was produced with assistance and archival material from Historic Environment Scotland, Stirling Archives and The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum.