ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL, TUESDAY 12TH JUNE 1877 LONDON CORRESPONDENCE – BY TELEGRAPH FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT Among the articles sold today at the Shandon sale was an agate-handled, silver-mounted sword, formerly the property of the Pretender, Prince Charles Edward Stuart. This interesting relic was bought privately from the family in whose possession it hadContinue reading “Shandon House Sale Snippets”
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Shandon House for Sale at Public Auction
COUNTRY LIFE, SATURDAY 27TH MARCH 1909 GARELOCH – SHANDON HOUSE For sale by public roup, within the Faculty Hall, St George’s Place, Glasgow, on Wednesday, 7th April, 1909, at 2 o’clock afternoon (unless previously sold privately), this beautiful residential property, situated upon the Gareloch, about ten minutes’ walk from Shandon Railway Station, the same distanceContinue reading “Shandon House for Sale at Public Auction”
Shandon Gardeners
IRVINE HERALD, FRIDAY 3RD JULY 1908 APPOINTMENT OF BELLFIELD GARDENER A special meeting of the Bellfield Trust was held in the Town Chamberlain’s office, Kilmarnock, on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of appointing a head gardener. Provost Gemmill presided. There were 33 applications received for the post, and after these had been carefully considered, theContinue reading “Shandon Gardeners”
St Andrew’s School
Dear blog reader The subject of today’s blog post may be controversial in some ways compared to some of the blog post subjects I choose but St Andrew’s ‘School was equally a part of Shandon thus my decision to include it. Best wishes Jacqueline************************************************** STORNOWAY GAZETTE AND WEST COAST ADVERTISER, SATURDAY 16th NOVEMBER 1968 STContinue reading “St Andrew’s School”
Shandon Property for sale in March 1906
THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY 31ST MARCH 1906 DUMBARTONSHIRE – SHANDON HOUSE, GARELOCH For sale, by private bargain, or to let, furnished, this beautiful residential property, situated upon the Gareloch, about ten minutes’ walk from Shandon railway station, the same distance from Shandon pier, and 25 miles from Glasgow. The lands extend to 42 acres, and stretchContinue reading “Shandon Property for sale in March 1906”
Shandon Collection Sale Part 12
Dear blog reader. Here is the twelfth part of the series on the sale of the contents of Shandon House, also known as the Shandon collection. This blog post (and the previous) describe the second portion of Robert Napier’s painting collection which were sold on the 4th day of the sale of the contents ofContinue reading “Shandon Collection Sale Part 12”
Shandon Collection Sale part 11
Dear blog reader. Here is the eleventh part of the series on the sale of the contents of Shandon House, also known as the Shandon collection. This blog post (and the next) describe the second portion of Robert Napier’s painting collection which were sold on the 4th day of the sale of the contents ofContinue reading “Shandon Collection Sale part 11”
Shandon 1841 Census – part 2
Dear blog reader Welcome to part 2 of my family history series on the censuses of Shandon, 4 pages of the original schedule at a time. I do hope all of you with Shandon ancestors will find this useful. Jacqueline. ********************************************* Page 5 House name Name Age Occupation If Scottish whether born in county orContinue reading “Shandon 1841 Census – part 2”
Destruction of Shandon House
THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1847 DESTRUCTION OF SHANDON HOUSE BY FIRE On Wednesday morning, about 6 o’clock, the inmates of the mansion-house of Walter Buchanan, Esq, of Shandon, were roused by fire breaking out in the upper part of the building, which, with the exception of the two wings, was in a veryContinue reading “Destruction of Shandon House”
1904 Sale of Shandon House
THE SCOTSMAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1904 DUMBARTONSHIRE – SHANDON HOUSE, GARELOCH For sale, by private bargain, this beautiful residential property, situated upon the Gareloch, about ten minutes’ walk from Shandon Railway Station, the same distance from Shandon Pier, and 25 miles from Glasgow. The mansion occupies a fine position with southern exposure, and contains drawingContinue reading “1904 Sale of Shandon House”
Shandon People and History 