Steven Robb

Heritage watchdog. Interests in architecture, Edinburgh, inter-war social housing and obscure late Jacobite and nonjuring history. All views my own.

[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

@kn_maci Yes - I mention it in detail - and had a tour around inside to check on any surviving features. Here is a restored dining room chimneypiece

[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

Just published in the Georgian Group Journal (2026) - Mylne's Land - Scotland's first modern tenement ? The story of a stone tenement in Leith designed by Robert Mylne (1633-1710), Master Mason to the Crown of Scotland, in 1678.
It survived until 1955.

[Ascenso Infinitx. @AscensoInfinitx]

El Hombre de Mimbre (1973) es una de las películas más perturbadoras de todos los tiempos.

Es tan intensa que convierte a Midsommar en una broma.

La película fue brutalmente mutilada por el estudio para su estreno inicial.

El jefe del estudio, Michael Deeley, la detestaba tanto que supuestamente se arrojaron negativos y tomas descartadas como relleno de vertedero bajo la autopista M3.

Más tarde fue rescatada en parte gracias a una copia encontrada por Roger Corman. Las restauraciones (incluido el “Corte Final” de 2013) reconstruyeron una versión más larga.

[UK Decline @UKDecline]

Decline.

[Go Radio @thisisgoradio]

As Glaswegians mourn the city's disappearing architectural treasures they're being warned "use it or lose it".

Union Corner is the latest in a long line of listed buildings to burn or collapse - and it looks like Hillhead Baptist Church could soon follow.

@GordonBarr from the Architectural Heritage Fund says it's vital new purposes are found for historic structures.

The Fund's opened a new free exhibition at the Briggait celebrating 50 years of operation. You'll find more details here: https://t.co/9hn8iuM97m

[Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust) @thecockburn]

Remembering Oliver Barratt MBE (1941–2026), a quiet force behind Edinburgh’s conservation movement. His legacy lives on in the city’s historic fabric and civic voice.

Read more: https://t.co/yaXzBdUVYG

[Gwrych Castle @Gwrych_Castle]

Scaffolding is going up around Gwrych Castle marking the start of the next phase of restoration. Roofs and floors are being reinstated in areas closed since 1985 as part of a £4.5 million programme. Our sincere thanks to all funders and supporters who have made this possible!

[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

@GuyStagg bad take.

[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

@bankertobuilder Posted 12 days too late.

[Jim Slaven @JimSlaven]

"It’s my manor!"
"Not any more Harold, they're taking it away from you."

One of the great movie endings. Without a word Hoskins conveys shock, anger, denial, negotiation, depression then acceptance.

Have a better one than Harold.

[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

@Knowledgepoint Designed by Scots architects Robert Sharp with architectural finesse by JJ Joass. Designed for Theatreland it originally had a chauffeurs' canteen, cafe and kitchen on the first floor. I put it forward for listing - back in the day.

[Knowledge of London @Knowledgepoint]

Lex Garage (NCP) : Located at the corner of Lexington Street and Brewer Street, Soho, this Grade II listed multi-storey car park opened in 1929. It is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built car parks in England and features a distinct "Classical-Moderne" facade.

[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

Any Trotters of Mortonhall out there ? Your family burial ground could use a little tlc. Mortonhall, Edinburgh.

[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

@whitegoldsword One source says he visited the English Jacobite prisoners in Southwark in July 1746, the night before their execution at Kennington.

[Roger Bowdler @RogerBowdler]

Please do sign up: lots of surprises and a peek into the forthcoming book I’ve written with Brent Elliott: The British Cemetery 1700-2020

[Traditional Architect Birthdays @Trad_Arch_Bdays]

Happy birthday, Philip Hepworth.
March 12, 1888 in Hampstead, London, UK.
https://t.co/GfwHlRlWjo
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[Steven Robb @StevenMRobb]

Yeah - just google English medieval castle - what could possibly go wrong?

[ianVisits @ianvisits]

From the archive: Georgian Group's journal made available for free online

https://t.co/moAqrU4HA5

[Tom Duffin Photography @TomDuffinPhotos]

The Worm Moon rising behind the freshly painted North Bridge and the King's Own Scottish Borderers statue

#Edinburgh #WormMoon

[NatRecordsScot @NatRecordsScot]

Designs for new lamp pedestals for the courtyard of the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the foot of the Royal Mile, 1908.

The drawings were made by William Thomas Oldrieve, an architect with the His Majesty’s Office of Works.