HISTORY

The Carron first opened its doors to the public on the 24th June 1937. The art deco design throughout the restaurant and the shops caused quite a stir at the time. In more recent years it has been hailed as the finest example of an at deco building in the north of Scotland

Originaly it consisted of 3 shop units (a bakers, a butchers and a grocery shop) on Evan Street and the restaurant on Cameron Street. The enterance from Cameron Street was through the restaurants sunken garden with its crazy paving, semi-cirular steps surrounded by flowers and rock plants..

It continued to function as a restaurant until 1968 with a brief closure during World Ward 11, when it was requesitioned by the army.

Through its glory years, the Carron became a social centre in Stonehaven, hosting a variety of functions and was used extensively by the ladies of Stonehaven as a meeting place for socialising. Like the Willow rooms of Galsgow, The Carron was instrumental in liberating the women of Stonehaven from domestic servitude, providing them with a meeting place outwith the home, in elegant surroundings that was socially acceptable.

Sadly The Carron ceased to function as a restaurant in 1968, being used as a storage area for the shop units on Evan Street having been acquired by a supermarket chain. This misuse of this fine example of architecture continued until The Carron was bought in 1999 by its present owner..


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