IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Denny Road, LARBERT, FK5 3NR

Angel of the Resurrection. "Carved out of a speckled block of white marble, the statue rests on a low basement of bluish grey Sicilian, harmonising in style with the architecture of the mausoleum. The figure, which is on a scale somewhat larger than life, has been designed in a sitting posture, body and limbs being draped in a loose robe, through which the contours are freely expressed. The right hand grasps a straight trumpet, which is held in a diagonal position across the breast, while the left rests easily on a closed book lying upon the lap. The head is held erect, with an upward look that indicates expectancy, and with this the whole attitude happily corresponds, the disposition of the lower limbs bespeaking readiness to rise on the giving of the watched-for signal." History of Stirlingshire Chapter XIX. Larbert See here www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1834551 for further context.

Now closed and no longer used by vehicles, this road is being lost to the rhododendron.

These wrought iron gates provide an entrance to the churchyard from Denny Road, but have not been opened for some time.

This beautiful Church was designed by David Hamilton and construction began in the 1820's. It sits high above the Carron Valley and is a well known Landmark in the area. It also has a beautiful well kept Graveyard with many fine monuments and tombs including one to Sir James Bruce of Kinnaird who discovered the source of The Blue Nile.

A field beside two of the old roads serving Larbert House.

Located in Denny Road. The building is dated 1635, and was restored in 1955, when the pantile roof was installed.

Inside is the most amazing statue which can be clearly seen through the door, as described here... "In the north-west corner of the churchyard an iron railing, of good height, surrounds the burial-place of the Carron family. Within the enclosure stands a tasteful obelisk of granite to the memory of Joseph Dawson, who was manager for the company, from 1825 to 1850; and immediately behind this is a structure, chaste and simple, to Joseph Stainton, who preceded Mr. Dawson in office, while on the south side a mausoleum, in the form of a small Greek temple of elegant proportions, has been erected over the grave of William Dawson, late manager of the works. At one end is a gate of beautiful bronze work, having an open lattice in its upper half, through which a view may be had of the interior. In this shrine, or cella, which is lighted from the roof, a marble statue, representing the "Angel of the Resurrection" was placed a few months ago. Carved out of a speckled block of white marble, the statue rests on a low basement of bluish grey Sicilian, harmonising in style with the architecture of the mausoleum. The figure, which is on a scale somewhat larger than life, has been designed in a sitting posture, body and limbs being draped in a loose robe, through which the contours are freely expressed. The right hand grasps a straight trumpet, which is held in a diagonal position across the breast, while the left rests easily on a closed book lying upon the lap. The head is held erect, with an upward look that indicates expectancy, and with this the whole attitude happily corresponds, the disposition of the lower limbs bespeaking readiness to rise on the giving of the watched-for signal." History of Stirlingshire Chapter XIX. Larbert The statue described above has now been photographed www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2567027

Looking back along the road towards the church.

Grassland beside the overgrown road to Larbert House.