Architecture Notes

Event ID 859099

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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NS26NW 50 20846 61925

Remains of 1808 observatory built by Sir Thomas Brisbane close the Brisbane House (now demolished). The observatory was one of the first in Scotland and was the prototype for Australia's first permanent observatory also built by Sir Thomas Brisbane. Little remains of the observatory but 2 sets of Meridian Pillars linked to the observatory survive. One set lies to the S of the remains of the observatory (NS26SW 3.01) and the other is in Waterside Street, Largs (NS25NW 167). Information from Historic Scotland, October 2007.