View from East of entrance front and raised courtyard Digital image of E 30890 CN

Description View from East of entrance front and raised courtyard Digital image of E 30890 CN

Date 6/11/2002

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 801570

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of E 30890 CN

Scope and Content Entrance front and raised courtyard, Broughton House, Nos 10-12 High Street, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway, from east The house is stepped back from the street, with a raised courtyard to the front. The cast-iron gate posts date from the late 18th century. It is built in a Classical style, with a pedimented central gable, and grand central door with fanlight and cornice. A traditional touch is maintained by the use of rubble masonry, rather than larger blocks of dressed stone. The house was bought by the artist Edward Atkinson Hornel (1864-1933) in 1895. Hornel lived and worked here until his death in 1933, and, along with his sister, was responsible for the creation of its fine garden. Hornel was one of the 'Glasgow Boys', a group of Scottish painters who flourished during the late 19th century. Broughton House, on Kirkcudbright High Street, is now a museum and art gallery in the care of The National Trust for Scotland. The house was built in the mid-18th century by James Murray, as the town house for the Murrays of Broughton. It stands on the site of an earlier house, parts of which are incorporated into this structure. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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