Archaeology Notes

Event ID 712759

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT26SE 6 25172 61336.

(NT 2517 6133) Auchendinny House (NAT)

OS 6" map (1957)

Auchendinny House is the latest and smallest example of the work of Sir William Bruce. Its layout is typical of his work and others of his day, i.e. a regular, symmetrical oblong flanked by two outlying pavilions linked to it by curved screen walls.

Internally there are two vaulted chambers in the western part of the basement suggesting the representation there of an older house of 16th - 17th century date. This is, however, not conclusive but from family papers the house appears to have been completed by 1707.

RCAHMS 1929

This house, occupied and in good repair, is as described.

Visited by OS (SFS) 28 October 1975