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Evening peeps. So now I've taken to editing my backlog of images in alphabetical order of the name of the place / name
assigned to the place.
So A seemed a good place to start - I present Auchengray House.
It sits, in it's ruinous state, close to the edge of a reservoir and in the back garden of a farm house. I arrived and felt asking permission was the way forward for this one.
A lady appeared at the door at the top of some stairs leading up and was happy for me to mooch around the place and indeed had some photos of it in better times oh and a letter
somewhere - did I want to see them. Ooh yes please says I - she then suggested I go take my pictures and meantime she would look for said documentation.
It was another rubbish day, dull skies, intermittent rain. The place is, sadly, a mess now but it's clear it was rather nice in it's day. I believe they do sometimes get
sunshine in Scotland .. I think one July day in 1976 was such an occasion.
A smidge of History:
Roofless shell of a classical mansion of the 1820s, extended in 1924 by John M. Arthur though gutted by fire in 1937. The house occupies
the remote east side of the Hillend Reservoir.
The Auchengray estate was purchased by Robert Haldane in 1809, who drained and planted the land, building the house shortly after. After his death around
1850 the estate was sold to Patrick Rankine whose family produced two provosts of Airdrie.
So I took my pics and then took the steps up to the entrance to the farmhouse. The lady had the pictures and letter and was looking after a toddler - grandson
I presumed. We chatted pleasantly and then bade our farewells.
What a very nice lady she was too.
Couple of images of the house in better times:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
assigned to the place.
So A seemed a good place to start - I present Auchengray House.
It sits, in it's ruinous state, close to the edge of a reservoir and in the back garden of a farm house. I arrived and felt asking permission was the way forward for this one.
A lady appeared at the door at the top of some stairs leading up and was happy for me to mooch around the place and indeed had some photos of it in better times oh and a letter
somewhere - did I want to see them. Ooh yes please says I - she then suggested I go take my pictures and meantime she would look for said documentation.
It was another rubbish day, dull skies, intermittent rain. The place is, sadly, a mess now but it's clear it was rather nice in it's day. I believe they do sometimes get
sunshine in Scotland .. I think one July day in 1976 was such an occasion.
A smidge of History:
Roofless shell of a classical mansion of the 1820s, extended in 1924 by John M. Arthur though gutted by fire in 1937. The house occupies
the remote east side of the Hillend Reservoir.
The Auchengray estate was purchased by Robert Haldane in 1809, who drained and planted the land, building the house shortly after. After his death around
1850 the estate was sold to Patrick Rankine whose family produced two provosts of Airdrie.
So I took my pics and then took the steps up to the entrance to the farmhouse. The lady had the pictures and letter and was looking after a toddler - grandson
I presumed. We chatted pleasantly and then bade our farewells.
What a very nice lady she was too.
Couple of images of the house in better times:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
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