Tillicoultry House

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Tillicoultry House was a villa in the Scottish town of Tillicoultry in the Clackmannanshire Council Area . King Alexander III awarded the lands of Tillicoultry to the Earls of Mar in 1261 . They later became the property of Lord Colville of Kinross and then the Earl of Stirling . Wardlaw Ramsay acquired the land in 1814. 15 years later he had Tillicoultry House built. The last residents left the property in 1938, as a result of which the structure deteriorated noticeably. The ruins were finally torn down around 1960. Today only the outbuildings remain, of which the former stables were included in the Scottish monument lists in the category B in 1972 .

Tillicoultry House Stables

The stables at Tillicoultry House date from the early 19th century. They are located around 30 m southeast of the former Tillicoultry House ( location ). The inner courtyard of the U-shaped building opens to the northeast. The two-story building is made of ashlar. In the middle there is a wide gate entrance. Above it rises a small tower with recesses for tower clocks. It closes with a round dome supported by four Doric columns . On either side of the driveway, six windows are distributed across three vertical axes. The two flanking wings end with hip roofs .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on tillicoultry.org.uk ( Memento from December 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Entry on Tillicoultry House  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

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Coordinates: 56 ° 9 ′ 31.4 "  N , 3 ° 44 ′ 4.8"  W.