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East Kilbride, Maxwellton Road, Hunter House

Farmstead (Period Unassigned), House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Site Name East Kilbride, Maxwellton Road, Hunter House

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), House (18th Century), Museum (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Long Calderwood Farm; Hunter House Museum

Canmore ID 171595

Site Number NS65NE 61

NGR NS 65222 55804

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171595

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Administrative Areas

  • Council South Lanarkshire
  • Parish East Kilbride (South Lanarkshire)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District East Kilbride
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NS65NE 61 65222 55804

Hunter House

(Museum) [NAT]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2009.

Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE

Birthplace of William Hunter (1718 - 1783), anatomist and archaeological collector, and his brother John (1728 - 1793), anatomist and pioneer of modern surgery.

Now a museum.

Built 1718

EXTERNAL REFERENCE

Mitchel Library. J Maclehose 'Country House' I Photograph

Non-Guardianship Sites Plan Collection, DC23927- DC23931.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

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