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Bandstand, Glebe Park, School Brae, Bo'Ness

A Category B Listed Building in Bo'Ness, Falkirk

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.0153 / 56°0'55"N

Longitude: -3.6084 / 3°36'30"W

OS Eastings: 299827

OS Northings: 681429

OS Grid: NS998814

Mapcode National: GBR 1R.T58X

Mapcode Global: WH5R2.J2YF

Plus Code: 9C8R298R+4J

Entry Name: Bandstand, Glebe Park, School Brae, Bo'Ness

Listing Name: Glebe Park Bandstand (Off Stewart Avenue)

Listing Date: 25 November 1980

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 357900

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB22353

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200357900

Location: Bo'Ness

County: Falkirk

Town: Bo'Ness

Electoral Ward: Bo'ness and Blackness

Traditional County: West Lothian

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Description

Walter McFarlane & Co Saracen Foundry, 1902. Cast-iron octagonal bandstand on stone base, deeper to N to accommodate sloping site. Slim columns with brackets with ornate tracery incorporating lute motif. Timber canopy with decorative band round circumference. Grey slate roof with airy delicate crown with spire.

Statement of Interest

Situated on the high part of the town the bandstand lies just S of the Town Hall (see separate list description). A particularly good and delicate example of Saracen Foundry ironwork.

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