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Scotland's Sporting Buildings (Paperback)
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Scotland's Sporting Buildings (Paperback)
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Loot Price R405
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In the year that Scotland plays host to the Commonwealth Games for
the third time, this new book celebrates the diverse range and
outstanding quality of historic purpose-built sporting architecture
that exists across the country. With a focus on listed buildings -
showcasing the results of a landmark, nationwide study undertaken
by Historic Scotland - it charts the development of everything from
sporting arenas and venues, to places where people gather to
socialise after the game. Some of the nation's earliest sporting
buildings are associated with grand properties and estates. A
strong link existed between the nobility and the development of
recreational pursuits - going all the way back to Scotland's oldest
remaining sporting structure, the royal tennis court at Falkland
Palace, built in the mid sixteenth century for James V. At the same
time, many of Scotland's traditional sports can be traced to more
popular and anarchic gameplaying. Early versions of golf, shinty
and football were typically played in kirkyards, streets and public
commons in the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. Famously, curling
was played by all ranks of society, but in rural areas it was
particularly popular with farmers, masons and others whose work was
disrupted by hard frost and freezing temperatures. Athletics,
bowling, cricket, curling, football, golf, Highland games,
horse-racing, swimming and tennis are just some of the sports that
saw a huge groundswell of popular interest and participation in the
late nineteenth century, accompanied by feverish building of
stadia, grandstands, clubhouses, pavilions, huts and swimming
pools. Using stunning photography Scotland's Sporting Buildings
brings the special interest of these sites and structures to life
for the first time in a fascinating and accessible guide.
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