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Carnsalloch House

Country House (18th Century)

Site Name Carnsalloch House

Classification Country House (18th Century)

Canmore ID 77844

Site Number NX98SE 84

NGR NX 97092 80300

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Kirkmahoe
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Nithsdale
  • Former County Dumfries-shire

Archaeology Notes

NX98SE 84 97092 80300.

NX98SE 84.01 NX97670 80526 Lodge & Gatepiers

NX98SE 84.02 NX97289 80245 Walled Garden & Cottage

NX98SE 84.03 NX97318 80394 Stables

See Architecture.

For Carnsalloch, The Mount Chapel, see NX98SE 58.

Site Management (15 February 2007)

Palladian mansion house; 2 storeys on raised basement with flanking wings. All red ashlar. The principle entrance is the 3-bay east elevation, to which a central pilastered porch (panelled and studded door in pedimented doorpiece) was added early 19th century. There have been modern additions to north and to south of wings. Dated 1759 on north wing.

Built for Alexander Johnstone of Carnsalloch. He is described in the sasines as a chemist in London, so it may be that a London architect was employed, and perhaps Isaac Ware, whose 1756 publication included design of a "House built for Alexander Johnstone, Esq, in Scotland" (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)

From the late 1960s to around the millenium the building was owned by the Leonard Cheshire Foundation. Subsequently it had a brief period as a private school.

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Photographic Survey (16 March 1954)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Work in March 1954.

Photographic Survey (16 March 1954)

Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Work in March 1954.

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