Cowane's Hospital
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Cowane's Hospital
Image: © Eirian Evans Taken: 7 Sep 2021
The hospital was funded from a legacy from John Cowane, Dean of Guild and Member of Parliament for Stirling, as an almshouse for the support of twelve "decayed Gildbreithers" of the burgh. It is a rare survival of 17th century burgh architecture and one of the finest buildings of its kind in Scotland. Occupying a key site at the core of the old City of Stirling adjacent to the Church of the Holy Rude. A statue of the founder is in a niche above the entrance door.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.12052
Longitude
-3.945098