Swinton House

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West entrance to Swinton House

Swinton House is a mansion near the Scottish town of Swinton in the Scottish Borders Council Area . In 1971, the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. Furthermore, the associated pigeon tower is separately protected as a category A monument. Finally, Swinton House and various outbuildings form a category B monument ensemble.

history

Swinton House was the ancestral home of the Swinton clan , who had provided local lairds since the 12th century . At the site there was a previous structure that fell victim to a fire in 1797. Shortly afterwards, construction of today's manor house began, which was completed in 1800. In 1884 Swinton House was up for sale.

description

Swinton House is isolated near the right bank of Leet Water about 1.5 km west of Swinton. The two-story building is designed in a classical style. On the north-west exposed, asymmetrically constructed front a with takes triangular gable final Mittelrisalit out. The entrance area with Tuscan columns and triangular gables juts out to the left . All other facades are also designed asymmetrically. A flat, rounded tower emerges on the rear south-east side. A flatter wing descends from the southwest side. Twelve-part lattice windows are installed along the facade . The building ends with slate roofs. The interior is designed with high quality woodwork.

Pigeon tower

The pigeon tower is isolated around 400 m southwest of Swinton House. Despite the fact that the round tower from 1746 was restored in the course of the 20th century, it has been listed in the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland since 2008.

The masonry consists essentially of rubble from sandstone and is partially plastered with Harl . A plaque above the bricked entrance on the east side shows the year of construction. A simple belt ledge runs around halfway up. A cornice runs beneath the concluding, slate-covered conical roof . There is a lantern with arched entry holes. 797 nesting boxes are lined up along the inner walls.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  3. ↑ Entry on Swinton House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  4. ↑ Entry at buildingsatrisk.org.uk ( memento of the original from January 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 43 ′ 0.8 ″  N , 2 ° 17 ′ 26.7 ″  W.