The Barty family at Glenacres in 1889. An interesting portrait of a middle class, professional family in late Victorian times. Solicitors then normally worked from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. without a lunch break. Dinner was taken at 4 p.m. and work resumed from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. On the extreme left is James Webster Barty, who came from Bendochy , Cupar Angus, to Dunblane in 1863 to join the legal practice his uncle Thomas had established in 1829. On his marriage in 1866 he built Glenacres in the Glen Road, and for fifty years was Procurator Fiscal for West Perthshire. For the same period he was an elder of the cathedral, and was responsible foe carrying through the concept of restoring the cathedral. The 16 Year old boy standing to the right of the doorway is Alexander Boyd Barty who was later to write the classic, "History of Dunblane".

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