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Crawfordton House 
Location in Dumfries and GallowayCoordinates: 55°11′42″N 3°53′31″W / 55.195°N 3.892°WCoordinates: 55°11′42″N 3°53′31″W / 55.195°N 3.892°W Built: 1866 Architect: Peddie and Kinnear Listed Building – Category B Designated: 26 June 1986 Reference #: 10343 Crawfordton House is a category B listed 19th-century country house, situated close to Moniaive in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It was operated as Crawfordton School in the second half of the 20th century.[1]
History
Crawfordton Tower was a tower house once held by the Crichtons in the 17th century and then the Hays.[2] The site of Old Crawfordton is located around 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south-east of the house.[3]
Between 1863 and 1866 the present house was built for teh Conservative politician Sir George Gustavus Walker (1831–1897), and designed by the Edinburgh-based architects Peddie & Kinnear.[1] Built in local red sandstone, Crawfordton House is an example of Scottish Baronial architecture, with crowstepped gables, towers, turrets and carvings. There is a four-storey square tower over the entrance bay.[1]
In 1940 the house was purchased for use as a school,[1] and in 1941, pupils were evacuated from Belmont House School in East Renfrewshire to Crawfordton House, which had been converted into a preparatory school for this purpose. Extensions were built during the 1970s and 1980s,[4] though these are excluded from the listed building.[1] In 1995, Crawfordton House School closed down. The house was then run as Cademuir International School, which relocated from the Scottish Borders, but which ceased trading in 2006 due to financial difficulties.[5]
Crawfordton House has been unoccupied since the cclosure of the school.[6] In 2007 the house was put on the market for £1.3 million.[7] As of October 2011, the house is being marketed with an asking price of £595,000.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Crawfordton School". Historic Scotland. http://hsewsf.sedsh.gov.uk/hslive/hsstart?P_HBNUM=10343. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ Coventry, Martin (2008) Castles of the Clans. Goblinshead. ISBN 9781899874364
- ^ "Old Crawfordton". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/65106/details/old+crawfordton/. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "The Property". Crawfordton School website. http://crawfordtonschool.com/?p=39. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ McLaughlin, Martyn (15 September 2006). "£23,400 per year school closes". The Herald. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/gbp23-400-per-year-school-closes-its-doors-college-for-gifted-pupils-had-scathing-inspection-reports-1.10441. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Crawfordton House". Savills. http://residentialsearch.savills.co.uk/property-detail/313734/list. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
- ^ "History of Crawfordton House". Crawfordton School website. http://crawfordtonschool.com/?p=42. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
External links
- Crawfordton School website
- Crawfordton House, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, including architect's drawings
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1866
- Country houses in Scotland
- Listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway
- Schools in Dumfries and Galloway
- Defunct schools in Scotland
- Category B listed buildings in Scotland
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