Mauldslie Castle

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Mauldslie Castle was a mansion in Scotland . It was near the village of Dalserf in the South Lanarkshire Council Area . Although Mauldslie Castle has since been demolished, various outbuildings still exist. These include Mauldslie Lodge and Mauldslie Bridge . Both buildings are listed and have been independently included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest category A.

history

The mansion was built between 1792 and 1793 for Thomas Carmichael, 5th Earl of Hyndford . The important Scottish architect Robert Adam was responsible for the design . In the 1860s, David Bryce redesigned Mauldslie Castle. His younger brother John Bryce later did smaller jobs. In 1935 Mauldslie Castle was demolished.

Mauldslie Lodge

Mauldslie Lodge

While the mansion is on the right bank of the Clyde , Mauldslie Lodge flanks an access road on the left bank of the Clyde. James Hozier of Newlands had it built in 1961, probably based on a design by David Bryce. The two-story lodge with neo-Gothic details is asymmetrically constructed. On the south-west facing front along the A72 there is an opening . The gables of the final, slate-covered gable roofs are made as a stepped gable .

On the right side there is a tower with a square floor plan. It closes with a cantilevered parapet with machiculi . A profiled round arch continues from the tower and spans the access to the bridge. A coat of arms with the inscription "AYE READY" is engraved above the arch. A Tourelle protrudes at the right end . Your conical roof closes with a ball. A similar tower can be found at the rear of the lodge.

Mauldslie Bridge

Mauldslie Bridge

Like the lodge, the bridge was probably designed by David Bryce in 1861. The brick vaduct made of cream-colored sandstone spans the tweed with three brick-lined segmental arches . Two smaller arches lead as flood arches over the bank. Plain pilasters run along the pillars with rounded icebreakers . The masonry is embossed in the spandrels .

Individual evidence

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

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Coordinates: 55 ° 43 '55.4 "  N , 3 ° 53' 59.2"  W.