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Hill Street, LARGS, KA30 8DU

Early 19th century symmetrically planned single storey and attic villa. Category B-listed.

Looking down May Street towards the Firth of Clyde. The white building on the left was once the South Bay Hotel.

Looking from the top of May Street down towards the Firth of Clyde.

Crescent Lodge, 2 May Street, Largs. Mid 19th century. 7-bay symmetrical villa with 2 storeys over basement. Category B-listed.

Now known as Crescent Lodge, this grand building was once the South Bay Hotel. It is now made up of separate apartments.

Crescent Lodge was built in 1855. It became a hotel and had four changes of name before being converted into luxury apartments. The hotel names were: Sherwood Hotel, Picketlaw Hotel, South Bay Hotel and Moorings Hotel. It has now reverted back to its original name of Crescent Lodge.

Marine and Curlinghall Hotel during its demolition in 1984. The local hotel, which was sadly demolished in 1984, was a mecca for visitors and holiday-goers throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s with the ever popular dinner dances which could cater for 600. Back in 1933, Mrs Catherine Logan, who had made her mark in retail drapery in Glasgow, acquired Barra House, a substantial villa on the Broomfields which she quickly transformed into the Barra House Hotel. The adjacent Curlinghall Hotel was acquired in 1947 by the Logan family and was run by Catherine's son, Fulton, and his aunt Bessie. In 1953, Mrs Logan and her son had the opportunity of carrying through an £80,000 project to join the two hotels together and continued to grow as a first class hotel and conference facility.

This standing stone has been moved several times. It is noted in the Statistical Account (OSA) as ‘fallen’. It was re-erected by Dr John Cairnie of Curling Hall in 1823 in his garden near to the original site. It was moved again in 1956 to another position in the garden, of what was then the Marine and Curlinghall Hotel. When the hotel was demolished it was re-located to its present position on Broomfields. Locally known as Haco's Stone. There used to be a bronze plaque attached to it which stated that "Here is buried Haco of Stein". But as we know, King Haakon sailed to Orkney after the Battle of Largs and died at Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall. Here is the inscription in Latin, followed by the translation. "Substilit Hic Gothi Furar." Conditur hic HACO STENIENSIS et undique circum Norvegios fidos terra tegit socios. Huc regnum venere petentes SCOTIA victor Hostibus hic tumulos praemia justa. dedit Quarto ante Nonas Octobris, A.D. MCCLXIII LARGIS. Ipsis Kalendis Junii, A.D. MDCCCXXIII, Me posuit jussitque Ioannes Carnius illam Rem memorare tibi; Tu memores aliis. "Here ended the rage of the Goth" Here is buried Haco of Stein, and everywhere around the earth covers his faithful Norwegian comrades. Hither they came seeking a kingdom here to her foes victorious Scotland gave graves, their just reward. 4 October 1263. At Largs 1 June A.D. 1823 John Cairnie erected me, and charged me to remind thee of that event; do thou remind others.

This standing stone has been moved several times. It is noted in the Statistical Account (OSA) as ‘fallen’. It was re-erected by Dr John Cairnie of Curling Hall in 1823 in his garden near to the original site. It was moved again in 1956 to another position in the garden, of what was then the Marine and Curlinghall Hotel. When the hotel was demolished it was re-located to its present position on Broomfields. Locally known as Haco's Stone. There used to be a bronze plaque attached to it which stated that "Here is buried Haco of Stein". But as we know, King Haakon sailed to Orkney after the Battle of Largs and died at Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall. Here is the inscription in Latin, followed by the translation. "Substilit Hic Gothi Furar." Conditur hic HACO STENIENSIS et undique circum Norvegios fidos terra tegit socios. Huc regnum venere petentes SCOTIA victor Hostibus hic tumulos praemia justa. dedit Quarto ante Nonas Octobris, A.D. MCCLXIII LARGIS. Ipsis Kalendis Junii, A.D. MDCCCXXIII, Me posuit jussitque Ioannes Carnius illam Rem memorare tibi; Tu memores aliis. "Here ended the rage of the Goth" Here is buried Haco of Stein, and everywhere around the earth covers his faithful Norwegian comrades. Hither they came seeking a kingdom here to her foes victorious Scotland gave graves, their just reward. 4 October 1263. At Largs 1 June A.D. 1823 John Cairnie erected me, and charged me to remind thee of that event; do thou remind others.