Carnsalloch House

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Carnsalloch House is a mansion near the Scottish town of Kirkton in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1979 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. Furthermore, the associated stables and the property's private chapel are classified separately as Category A buildings.

history

The building was built for Alexander Johnstone in the 1750s . This was a pharmacist from London . Possibly Johnstone commissioned the English architect Isaac Ware with the work. Although there is no direct evidence, one publication mentions Ware's work for Johnstone. The north wing was added in 1759. The front was redesigned in the early 19th century. Modern extensions were added later on the north and south sides. From the late 1960s, the Leonard Cheshire Foundation owned Carnsalloch House. At the turn of the millennium, it then served as a private school for a short period of time.

In 2007 the vacant Carnsalloch House was added to the Scottish register of endangered listed structures. An amount of £ 364,000 was made available to investors from a monument conservation budget in 2012. A submitted application for restoration and conversion was rejected in 2014. Most recently, in 2014, the condition of Carnsalloch House was classified as poor and at the same time high risk.

description

Carnsalloch House is about one kilometer southwest of Kirkton and four kilometers north of central Dumfries near the east bank of the Nith . Wings flank the east-facing front of the three-story, Palladian manor house. The front is three axes wide. A porte-cochère with Ionic pilasters , a frieze and a concluding triangular pediment emerges in the center. This component was only added in the early 19th century. There are three Venetian windows on the upper floor . An eaves cornice runs around below the slate-covered hip roof .

The flanking wings are one axis each along the east side. They are built on one level and extend parallel to the main building. They are connected to this via a blind wall with blind niches and portals with cornices and architraves .

stables

The stables around 200 m east of the manor house date from the same construction period. The classically designed complex has a square floor plan. The masonry consists of roughly cut red stone with polished natural stone surrounds . One-storey elongated buildings enclose a massive tower in the center. All four facades are designed with broken triangular gables in the middle. The arched gates underneath extend into the gable triangle. A cornice runs around below the roof .

In 1992 the vacant building was entered in the Scottish Register of Monuments in Endangerment. In 2014, his condition was classified as very poor and at the same time high risk.

Carnsalloch Chapel at the Mount

The private chapel is located around 700 m northeast of Carnsalloch House. The building erected around 1850 is designed in a neo-Gothic style. The masonry consists of red stone blocks with polished natural stone surrounds . The pointed arch windows close with cornices . Disused buttresses flank the two-winged main portal on the west side. This is designed with a pressed pointed arch and a final tracery with lead glass windows. On the east side, the chapel closes with a polygonal apse .

Like the mansion, the Carnsalloch Chapel was listed in the list of endangered listed buildings in Scotland in 2008. In 2014, their condition was classified as very poor and at the same time high risk.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  4. ↑ Entry on Carnsalloch House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  5. ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
  6. ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
  7. ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 6 ′ 22.8 "  N , 3 ° 36 ′ 52.5"  W.