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Pirn House

House (19th Century), Mill (Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name Pirn House

Classification House (19th Century), Mill (Medieval)(Possible)

Canmore ID 100227

Site Number NT44NW 29

NGR NT 4418 4759

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Scottish Borders, The
  • Parish Stow
  • Former Region Borders
  • Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

NT44NW 29 4418 4759

Not to be confused with the site of Pirn House, NT33NW 20

NMRS REFERENCE:

Scottish Record Office

Plaster work done at Pirn.

Receipted account for work done by James Pirie for Alexander Horsbrugh.

1782 GD 178/Box 5

Estimate of £7.10.0 from Alexander Wilkie for reharling the front of the house

and repairing the harling of back wall gables and chimney tops.

1820 GD 178/Box 5

Plaster work done at Pirn.

Receipted account from Alexander Morison, plasterer at Edinburgh for work done for John Horsburgh.

1761-62 GD 178/Box 4

Wright work at Pirn.

Rooms are refloored, roof relathed and moulds prepared for the plasterer.

Receipted account for £158.10.5 1/2 from George Pirie to John Horsburgh.

1761 GD 178/Box 4

Wright work done at Pirn.

Measurement and account for work done for Alexander Horsburgh at Horsburgh.

The account amounts to £82.15.0.

1782 GD 178/Box 4

Activities

Sbc Note

Visibility: This is an upstanding building.

Information from Scottish Borders Council.

Sbc Note

First 'the landis of pyrn' 1489-90 (ADA) possible mill 1542 (Rentale S.A)

Information from Scottish Borders Council Historic Environment Record

(n.d.)

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