Steven Robb
@stevenrobb.bsky.social
Heritage watchdog. Interests in architecture, Edinburgh, inter-war social housing and obscure late Jacobite and nonjuring history. All views my own.
A bit of history...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/11/barc...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/11/barc...
Barclays at the Beco Building - Historic Environment Scotland Blog
A refurbishment success story with Barclays Bank breathes new life into Glasgow's Beco Building and Kingston House
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October 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A bit of history...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/11/barc...
blog.historicenvironment.scot/2022/11/barc...
Excellent work. The antiquary - and benefactor to Oxford University, Richard Rawlinson, was said to have been buried with Layer's head - after it was rescued from a spike on Temple Bar by another nonjuror (and attorney), John Pierce.
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Excellent work. The antiquary - and benefactor to Oxford University, Richard Rawlinson, was said to have been buried with Layer's head - after it was rescued from a spike on Temple Bar by another nonjuror (and attorney), John Pierce.
Glad you liked it Alanna - I made my kids dig around in that Shrewsbury churchyard - but we sadly couldn't find Cartwright's gravestone...
September 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Glad you liked it Alanna - I made my kids dig around in that Shrewsbury churchyard - but we sadly couldn't find Cartwright's gravestone...