The Athenaeum, Stirling, Scotland

Designed in 1817 as a ‘genteel building of three stories…..containing two elegant shops with suitable apartments above for a, assembly room, library and reading room with a steeple in the centre.’ The porch and statue (‘The Wee Wallace’) were added in 1859 and commemorate William Wallace, Scots hero of the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.

Image details
Date: 1 February 2026
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 18mm
Aperture: ƒ/3.5
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO: 400
Licensing: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International