The Anstruther Tahitian Princess 15 October, 2.30pm. St Andrews Bowling Club. The St Andrews Preservation Trust are delighted to announce a new series of Autumn Talks, following the success of our series of Winter Talks which started in 2021. We welcome speakers from across St Andrews, Dundee and Fife to share their work or piecesContinue reading "Autumn Talk 3: The Anstruther Tahitian Princess"
Biba and the Jetsons of Kilrymont 17 September, 2.30pm at the St Andrews Bowling Club. Hosted by Ian Davidson. This talk will take a look at the design of thisContinue reading "Autumn Talk 2: Biba and the Jetsons of Kilrymont"
The Eden Project Tuesday 20th August, 2.30pm at the St Andrews Bowling Club. The St Andrews Preservation Trust are delighted to announce a new series of Autumn Talks, following the successContinue reading "Autumn Talk 1: The Eden Project"
Members and Trustees of the St Andrews Preservation Trust are cordially invited to attend this year’s Annual General Meeting on Thursday 15th August 2024. The meeting will be held atContinue reading "St Andrews Preservation Trust AGM 2024"
Kevin McMullan has been a Project Manager with the University of St Andrews for 4 years. Prior to that, he was a project surveyor for 13 years working for variousContinue reading "Winter Talk 3: Kevin McMullan on the Madras College Development"
In the second in the series of the Trust's winter talks for 2024 we welcome David Powell of DC Thomson to speak about the DC Thomson archives. The Archives TheContinue reading "Winter Talk 2: David Powell on the DC Thomson Archives"
We are delighted to announce the return of the Trust's series of winter talks for 2024, starting with Mairi Shiels on the Tay Bridge Disaster. The Tay Rail Bridge Disaster The firstContinue reading "Winter Talk 1: Mairi Shiels on the Tay Bridge Disaster"
As Dean of Guilds William Thomas Linskill was a significant figure in the recent civil history of St Andrews, and also in the pre-eminence of golf in the town. AsideContinue reading "STAPT Winter Talks 2023: “Dean Linskill and The Adventuress” Stephen Liscoe"
In this talk Ian will present a brief introduction on Lorimer and his work, followed by an outline of his design for Hill of Tarvit and the characteristics of the resultant house. The final section will be on the Sharp family who commissioned the design and construction of Hill of Tarvit, principally Frederick, Beatrice andContinue reading "STAPT Winter Talks 2023: “Sir Robert Lorimer, Hill of Tarvit and the Sharp Family” Dr Ian Buchanan Smith"
HMS Unicorn is Scotland’s oldest ships and one of the 3 oldest ships in the world still afloat. A museum ship for over 50 years, the ship is reaching aContinue reading "Winter Talks 2023: “The Restoration of HMS Unicorn” Matthew Moran"