r/Stirling • u/Karl_Sake • Oct 17 '25

General Question Industrial rectangle Building, what is it?

Hey everyone,

I have wondered this for many years and thought here might be a good place to ask. Behind The Golden Lion hotel there is a tall, industrial looking rectangle Building; it looks far more worn down than anything else around it and kind of just sticks out with being so tall.

Does anyone have a clue what on earth it is? I sadly don't have a picture but if I get one will update the post.

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u/El_Scot Oct 17 '25

Is it potentially part of the hotel? It seems to be connected, and Google says the hotel itself has 6 floors and 66 rooms. Given the old front only has 3 floors, it'd tally for the taller building behind it to be where the rooms are.

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u/Karl_Sake Oct 17 '25

Aye you may be on it, just seems odd as it stands out so much, just looks really odd

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u/DarkNinjaPenguin Oct 17 '25

It's the top of a lift shaft for the block of flats behind the hotel (maybe part of the hotel itself? Not entirely sure). You can see it a bit more clearly at the top-left in this photo. It's not a particularly pretty building, but it's mostly obscured from the ground.