View of Cormiston Towers.
DP 213487
Description View of Cormiston Towers.
Date c. 1865 to 1867
Collection General Collection. Photograph Albums.
Catalogue Number DP 213487
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of PA 164/20
Scope and Content Titled: 'Cormiston Towers' with descriptive caption: 'This mansion, in the Tudor style of architecture, was built for the proprietor, W.D. Collyer, Esq., by Mr D M'Gibbon, Architect, Edinburgh, in 1859-60. The elevation is good, and forms an agreeable variety from the Scotch Manor house style so prevalent in the present day. The pleasure grounds slope towards the river Clyde, which bounds the park on the south at a distance of half-a-mile. From the house and garden terraces there are fine views of Tinto, the Dungavels, Culter Fell, and Quothquan Law'. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM No.164: LANARKSHIRE ALBUM The buildings has since been demolished.
Accession Number 1990/34
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