Archaeology Notes

Event ID 714303

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT37SE 4 38978 73983

(NT 3898 7397) Hamilton House (NR)

OS 1:10000 map (1973)

17th century. Irregular plan. Rubble built. Interior completely altered. Now a tenement.

Known as 'The Barracks' or 'Sir John Hamilton's House'.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Hamilton House, formerly known as Magdalens' House, was built by Sir John Hamilton, Lord Magdalens, in 1628. This date appears on a panel above the original entrance, now built up. A two-storeyed building, its plan consists of a main block lying N-S with a wing projecting W at both ends, forming three sides of a square enclosing a sunken courtyard.

The house was much run down when it was bought by the National Trust for Scotland in 1937. It has since been restored for private occupation, and is not open to the public.

D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887; RCAHMS 1924; N Tranter 1962; R Prentice 1976.

Hamilton House (NTS wall-plaque) is an outstanding example of a 17th century country laird's seat. It is in excellent condition.

Visited by OS (RD) 4 January 1972