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Welcome to Moray Doors Open Day 2018, 22 September 2018.

12 buildings are participating this year and there will be 3 guided heritage walks.

Admission to all of the buildings/ walks is free. Doors Open Day is a chance to take a peek behind doors that are often closed to the public.

Opening times and arrangements differ from venue to venue so please check the information provided for each venue in advance to make the most of your visits on the day. Details can be found by looking through the individual entries for Moray on this website.

Moray Council are organising the day in Moray with the event being organised nationally by the Scottish Civic Trust.

Download our leaflet here... www.moray.gov.uk/doorsopenday2018
or email doorsopenday@moray.gov.uk and we'll post you a paper copy.

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AES Solar

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

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22 September 2018

The only company in the UK that manufactures Solar Thermal Collectors.

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Austin's Tearooms

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

Fondly remembered by those who enjoyed the treat of eating in elegant surroundings, with crisp linen tablecloths and silver cutlery. Largely unchanged interior with beautiful stained glass window and ornate plaster detailing, with original Art Nouveau features.

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Burghead Heritage Walk

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

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22 September 2018

Discover thousands of years of history around the Pictish Fort site including the Well, and Burghead Harbour.

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Burgie Arboretum

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

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22 September 2018

Within Burgie Estate a wonderful Woodland Garden is currently being developed. The garden started in 2008 and is zoned into geographical areas and species types, including, Lime collection, Chile Bank, Asia Bank, and a Japanese Garden. www.burgie.co.uk

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Castle to Cathedral Heritage Walk (Elgin)

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

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22 September 2018

For further information on the walks through Elgin's unique history and heritage please visit our website at: www.elginheritage.scot

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Covesea Lighthouse, by Lossiemouth

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

The Alan Stevenson designed Covesea Skerries Lighthouse was built in 1846.

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Elgin Museum

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

Elgin Museum is Scotland’s oldest continuously independent museum. Owned by the Moray Society, it is run almost entirely by volunteers. On display are objects from before the dinosaurs up to the present day, telling Moray’s story, and housed in a Category A listed building. Built in 1842 as a museum, and by public subscription.

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Falconer Museum Store

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

This building hides a fascinating interior where much of the hard work to collect and conserve items for the nearby Falconer Museum is undertaken. The Falconer collection began in 1871 and includes objects of social history, Falconer’s fossils and exotic, ethnographical material.

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Findhorn Village Heritage Centre

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

The Heritage Centre tells the story of Findhorn from prehistoric times to the present day, including the secrets of the sands. The Icehouse has underground chambers to store ice for salmon.

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Forres Tolbooth

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

Built in 1838/39 on the site of the existing Tollbooth which has been in existence for over 800 years. Main features include historic paintings, a court room and 6 prisoner cells.

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Glasgow School of Art Highlands & Islands

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

Located in the rural outskirts of Forres is The Glasgow School of Art Highlands and Islands Campus in the refurbished beautiful old building called Blair's Farm Steading. The Italianate Grade A listed building designed by Archibald Simpson in 1835 was previously used as a Dairy, Granary and Cottages. The Glasgow School of Art has use of the buildings as its Highlands and Islands Campus, offering Post Graduate Courses in Design Innovation at Masters, Masters of Research and PhD. The perfect peaceful spot to be creative!

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Invererne House, Forres

Date 1: 22/09/2018
Date 2: 01/01/0001
Tags: Weekend 4 (22-23 September)

22 September 2018

Invererne House is a 19th century house which bears at least a superficial resemblance to the 18th century "Great Houses" of the West Indian plantations which were usually built with high pedimented frontages over raised basements. The fluency of plaster and carved decoration in the Drawing Room and Dining Room provide ample evidence that there was a school of skilled craftsmen working in the Forres area in the early 1800s. Listed Category A.

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