The Glen

Location type


Name and dates

The Glen

Description

House of Sir Charles Tennant of the St Rollox Chemical Works, Glasgow.

Tags

House

Aliases

Glen House

External links

Canmore site record
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67

Chronology Dates

29/10/1863Peebles Railway
Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway
Three runaway ballast wagons from Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton Railway construction work run downhill through into Leadburn station and into the path of an approach southbound train for Peebles resulting in considerable damage. There was only one death, the young son of Charles Tennant of the St Rollox Works, a director of the Peebles Railway who lived at The Glen.

News items

03/10/2023Delayed CalMac ferries to carry fewer passengers than first thought, Ferguson Marine confirm [STV]
29/09/2023Delayed CalMac ferries pushed back another year over understated costs [STV]
30/12/2022Glen Rosa paddle steamer helped transform Ardrossan-Arran sailings [Ardrossan Herald]
21/04/2022Auditor General expresses frustration at lack of documents on ferry scandal [insider]
20/04/2022Lib Dems to push for resignations if ferry completion deadline is missed again [STV]