Giffnock

Here’s the Orchard Park Hotel in Giffnock, where my brother has been staying. 

The hotel (which was built at the turn of the 20th century, as a residential home), had In 1947 become the Orchard Maternity Nursing Home where many bouncing babies started their journey, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The building has been a hotel since 1962. 

The honey sandstone, came from the nearby Giffnock Quarry. Giffnock Sandstone is a Carboniferous sandstone from the Glasgow area. During the Carboniferous Scotland was located close to the equator and experienced tropical conditions. In the Midland Valley Region sands, silts and muds were deposited under deltaic conditions and it was from these that Giffnock Sandstone eventually formed.

Hope I have not burdened you with too much information there!


Hope you have had a good day.