Arbigland House

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Arbigland House is a manor house near the Scottish village of Southerness in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1971 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. The plant is also listed in the Scottish Landscaping Register.

history

The proven history of settlement of the site goes back to the Iron Age . There was a fort that was used until 1500 and was last known as McCulloch's Castle . The land was probably owned by the Murrays, as there is no evidence that they would assign them to the McCulloch clan . With the abandonment of McCulloch's Castle, a new fortress was built to the south.

From the Murrays, Arbigland went to the Earls of Annandale and eventually fell to the Earls of Southesk . In 1678 the Craik family bought Arbigland. They had various outbuildings built, including the gardener's house, where John Paul Jones , the gardener's son, grew up, who became a successful seafarer after his emigration and is considered the founder of the US Navy . The building is now a museum (see John Paul Jones' Cottage ).

In the 1730s, William Craik inherited the property. Craik had already excelled as an agricultural developer in nearby Kirkbean and began introducing advanced agricultural structures in Arbigland as well. In 1755 Craik, who also acted as an architect, had today's Arbigland House built. In the course of this, the surrounding parks and gardens were created. Arbigland House was inherited within the family until 1852 when it was sold to William Stewart Balfour .

description

Arbigland House is about three kilometers northeast of Southerness near the confluence of the Nith on the north bank of the Solway Firth . The masonry of the two-story classicist building consists of roughly hewn natural stone that was built into layers of masonry . The edges of the building are set off with rusticated corner stones . On the south-west exposed front, a central projection three axes wide protrudes. It is designed with colossal Ionic pilasters that support a triangular pediment . The roofs are covered with slate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b c d Garden and Designed Landscape - entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 54 ° 54 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 3 ° 34 ′ 37 ″  W.