As promised, this week we have some more of the interesting doors on offer in St Andrews – although, just to be awkward, we begin with a gateway: to one of the old buildings of the University (the Latin expression over the gate reads ‘In principio erat verbum’: ‘in the beginning was the word’).

This is a wider view of one of the most prominent commercial buildings in St Andrews, the J & G Innes bookshop, with its original windows and wooden frontage:

Rather more dourly Scottish is this example:

Down by the harbour is the rather more modern Harbourmaster’s Cottage:

Some more traditional doors, gentrified by the people who live behind them:

Thursday Doors 10 November 2016

In a previous existence, we lived in Scotland for twenty years and it’s always good to return, as we did recently for a week’s holiday.

One of our favourite places is St Andrews – home of golf and also Scotland’s oldest University (established between 1410 and 1413) . We know it pretty well – not least because our daughter went to school there – but never tire of it. This is one of the gates to her alma mater, St Leonard’s:

The town centre is very compact and there are plenty of solid old stone buildings to admire – together with their characterful doors:

Some of the architecture is not only old but comparatively unusual, like this stone porch:

Not so unusual, but still attractive is this old half-spiral staircase:

The overall impression is one of solidity:

More from St Andrews next week.

Thursday Doors 3 November 2016