Known locally as the ‘Big Bar’, 121-123 Main St, Bainsford was built c1901 by architect Alexander Gauld.

Probably purpose built as a pub with flats above, it is listed as the “Crossroads Inn bar” on the OS 1:2,500 map of 1944-1967. Described in the Stirling & Central Scotland edition of Pevsner’s Buildings of Scotland as “a large red sandstone ashlar block…. plain Jacobean, the canted corner carried up as a low octagonal tower, finished with a slated spire topped with a small cupola”

Standing disused since 2005 following damage caused by a fire, the building was further ravaged by Hurricane Bawbag in late 2011 and has deteriorated badly over the years – multiple owners and the cost of renovation have contributed to its plight. At the time of writing – it is being prepared for demolition, with no plans for the site at the moment.