Went on a solo adventure last month and visited a good few places before heading off to do a meet some underground explorers. My last solo explore of the day was this, Crawford Priory.
Crawford Priory is a large country mansion origanlly built in 1758 for the 21st Earl of Crawford and substantially enlarged and extended in the 19th century by a sister of the 22nd Earl, Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford, It was redisgned by architects David Hamilton of Glasgow, then James Gillespie Graham to redesign the building in the gothic style, adding buttresses, turrets and pinnacles effecting the look of a priory, although it had no religious history.
Lady Mary's heirs, the Earls of Glasgow, further developed the house. In 1871 the 6th Earl of Glasgow built a chapel in the east front. However huge debts forced the 7th Earl to sell off all his estates in order to retain the family seat at Kelburn, near Largs.
The house then passed to the politician Thomas Cochrane, son-in-law of the 6th Earl of Glasgow. Cochrane was created Baron Cochrane of Cults in 1919. Further remodelling was undertaken in the 1920s, including the removal of the porte cochere to the west front. After the death of the 2nd Baron in 1968 the house was closed, and gradually fell into disrepair and ruin.
Today there is very little remains of the main house and is suffering from many collapses, a very sad but impressive site hidden in the trees.
On with the pics
Thanks for Looking
Crawford Priory is a large country mansion origanlly built in 1758 for the 21st Earl of Crawford and substantially enlarged and extended in the 19th century by a sister of the 22nd Earl, Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford, It was redisgned by architects David Hamilton of Glasgow, then James Gillespie Graham to redesign the building in the gothic style, adding buttresses, turrets and pinnacles effecting the look of a priory, although it had no religious history.
Lady Mary's heirs, the Earls of Glasgow, further developed the house. In 1871 the 6th Earl of Glasgow built a chapel in the east front. However huge debts forced the 7th Earl to sell off all his estates in order to retain the family seat at Kelburn, near Largs.
The house then passed to the politician Thomas Cochrane, son-in-law of the 6th Earl of Glasgow. Cochrane was created Baron Cochrane of Cults in 1919. Further remodelling was undertaken in the 1920s, including the removal of the porte cochere to the west front. After the death of the 2nd Baron in 1968 the house was closed, and gradually fell into disrepair and ruin.
Today there is very little remains of the main house and is suffering from many collapses, a very sad but impressive site hidden in the trees.
On with the pics
Thanks for Looking
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