Woodside House

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Woodside House

Woodside House is a manor house near the Scottish town of Beith in the North Ayrshire council area . In 1971 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. In 2005 it was upgraded to the highest monument category A.

history

Between 1551 and 1771, the Woodside estate was the seat of the Ralstoun family from Paisley . Around 1552, Hew Ralstoun built the original Tower House , which forms the core of the current building. Structural changes were made in the middle of the 16th century. Hew's descendant, William , had the Tower House significantly redesigned. He had the crowd watch towers removed, added another building on the east side and installed a common roof for both parts of the building. After William Ralstoun got into financial difficulties in 1771, he sold the property to Jean Stirling and her husband James Erskine . In 1833 William Patrick acquired Woodside House. His son Robert William Cochran-Patrick had numerous outbuildings built around 1860. In the late 19th century the tower was raised by one story, breaking the symmetry of the front.

description

The mansion is isolated on a spacious property around 500 m north of Beith. The masonry consists of rubble from the sandstone and is partially exposed at the back, while the rest of the building is plastered with Harl . After the renovations, it shows characteristics of the Scotts Baronial style . The front facing south-east is constructed symmetrically with a centrally located entrance door. This is designed in a classical style and is accessible via a front staircase with an ornate cast iron railing. The windows on the upper floor are arranged in the pattern 2–3–2. Usually twelve-part lattice windows are installed. In contrast to the two-story main building, the tower is three-story. The dormers are crowned with segmental arches. The gables are partly made as a stepped gable . The roofs are covered with gray slate.

Web links

Commons : Woodside House  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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

Coordinates: 55 ° 45 '49.4 "  N , 4 ° 38' 7.5"  W.