Larbert House
Country House (19th Century), Hospital (20th Century)
Site Name Larbert House
Classification Country House (19th Century), Hospital (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Lochside House
Canmore ID 221067
Site Number NS88SE 203
NGR NS 85008 82583
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/221067
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Larbert
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS88SE 203 85008 82583
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: David Hamilton 1822
Larbert House, now unroofed, is situated to the W of an ornamental loch to the W of Larbert. The house now lies to the SSE of the recently completed new Royal Scottish National Hospital (NS88SE 271).
The main (middle) section was completed about 1820, but the subsequent Victorian additions which include an ornate conservatory and Porte cochere with
doric columns.
The building was latterly utilised as staff accommodation by the adjacent mental hospital.
The house is depicted as roofed on the 1st Edition of the OS 6-inch (and 25-inch) map (Stirlingshire, 1865, sheet xxiv) and on all the subsequent historical editions of the OS maps. The current OS digital maps show the house as being roofed, but a fire about five years ago has led to its emoval.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), March 2010
