Corseyard Farm
The Corse Yard Farm is a farm for breeding of dairy cattle in the Scottish village of Borgue in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway . In 1981 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The client was James Brown , a wealthy businessman from Manchester , England , who retired on the Knockbrex House estate in the nearby hamlet of Knockbrex . Brown likely commissioned the English architect George Harry Higginbottom with the planning. The farm was built between 1911 and 1914 as a modern model facility. In 1991 the now vacant farm was included in the Scottish Register of Listed Buildings at Risk. The condition of the building fabric deteriorated noticeably in the following years and was last classified as very bad in 2014, but with a low risk. After a buyer was found, restoration work began in March 2015.
description
The facility is located around four kilometers west of Borgue not far from the east bank of Wigtown Bay , a side bay of the Solway Firth . Stylistically, the building combines motifs from various currents, including neo-Gothic details as well as borrowings from the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau . The farm consists of a dairy, stables, barn and a six-story tower. The tower rises up next to the dairy in the style of a campanile . It was originally designed as a water tower with additional storage space for grain, but was used for other purposes after just a few years of operation. The tower has a square floor plan. The floors have different heights and are partly provided with parquet floors. A chimney is installed on the third floor. The elaborate woodwork on the entrance portal should be emphasized. Both segmental arched windows and rectangular windows are installed along the facade.
The upstream dairy is designed in a striking way. The building is six axes wide and has side aisles and a cliff . Three arched portals with keystones lead into the interior. As on the tower, the window openings close with segmented or round arches . The roof is covered with red asbestos tiles. The interior of the building features terracotta floors , decorative woodwork and Art Nouveau glasswork.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk
- ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Corseyard Farm in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 54 ° 48 ′ 43.6 " N , 4 ° 11 ′ 38.3" W.