Terregles House

Terregles House was built for Winifred Maxwell and her husband, William Haggerston Constable of Everingham, between 1792 and 1800. It was built to replace the old tower house castle that had originally been the home of the Herries family and latterly the Earls of Nithsdale. Winifred Maxwell was the granddaughter of the the last Earl of Nithsdale and served as heir general to he father in 1776. On completion, the old castle was demolished. The new house was exceedingly grand and was home to the Constable Maxwells and their seven children.

In 1848, William Constable-Maxwell, Winifred's grandson obtained an Act of Parliament whereby he and all other descendants of William Maxwell, fifth Earl of Nithsdale were restored to the blood and in 1858 a committee of the House of Lords declared William Constable-Maxwell the lineal heir, through the female line of the barony of Herries and consequently thereafter Lord Herries of Terregles. His descendants, the Constable Maxwells lived at Terregles until early in the twentieth century when the property was let out. The barony lands were sold off after the great war and in the early 1930's the house and contents were sold out of the family.

The house was requisitioned during the second World War and was the residence of the King of Norway during the German occupation of his homeland. After the war the property fell into disrepair and was demolished with explosives in 1962 as it had become infested with rot, not having been occupied since 1945. [http://www.maxwellsociety.com/Scotland/Houses.htm]