Cawder House

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Cawder House

Cawder House , also Calder House or Cadder House , is a former manor house north of the Scottish town of Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire . Today it is the club house of a golf club. In 1971, Cawder House was included in the Scottish Monuments List in the highest category A. Together with other external buildings, it also forms a category A monument ensemble.

history

The lands of Cawder House had been in the possession of the Stirling clan since the 13th century at the latest and were the location of the ancestral seat of the Stirlings of Keir and Cawder . However, buildings from this period are no longer preserved and their exact location is unknown. The only assumption is that two towers could have been located opposite the front of today's Cawder House and southeast of it. Is at second rem place one as grave mound designated collection, was found in which extensive sherds, which was, however, in the course of construction sand used as a source and destroyed. The oldest known building on the land, however, is the Antonine Wall , which runs around 300 m south of the building, but is only relatively poorly preserved at this point. A stone found there bears the inscription LEC / II / AUG / FEC ( Built by Augustus' Second Legion ) and is now kept in Cawder House.

Cawder House has its origins in 1624 as the seat of a laird from the Stirling clan and has been inherited within the family for centuries. A modernization was carried out between 1813 and 1815. David Hamilton was commissioned as the architect . In the course of this work, which also extended to the interior, the two towers from earlier centuries were probably demolished. While the ground was leveling, a box with over 350 gold coins was discovered. They show the likeness of the Scottish kings James II and James III. So the treasure was deposited there after 1438. Today, Cawder House is home to a golf club.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Cawder House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 55 '37.3 "  N , 4 ° 13' 58.7"  W.