The bowler-hat wearing boy, 16, who finds comfort in antiques

Charlie cuts a dapper figure, in his great grandfather’s bowler hat.

He normally only wears it outside, as “a gentleman doesn’t usually wear his hat indoors”, he explained.

”I think a lot of people would be a lot more happy if they dressed up every once in a while,” Charlie told BBC Scotland News. “It’s just a confidence booster and you get a lot of compliments.”

However, Charlie’s fondness for the past extends to more than clothes.

He has been collecting antiques since he was 10.

He was looking under the stairs when he found some treasures.

“Because this house has been passed through the generations I ended up finding a heap of relics,” he recalled.

“I had them all lined up in the sitting room. Mum was not very happy to see all this dusty stuff, but I just thought it was great, finding all these antiques, and that’s what started my interest in them.”

He has since transformed the conservatory into his own museum, as it is the biggest room in the house.