Walkingshaw House
House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Walkingshaw House
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Walkinshaw House
Canmore ID 43091
Site Number NS46NE 37
NGR NS 464 668
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Renfrew (Renfrew)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46NE 37 464 668
Walkinshaw House is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Renfrewshire, 1864, sheet viii), and is described in the Object Name Book (ONB) of the Ordnance Survey as 'A superior dwelling house with garden, offices and ornamental ground attached, the property of and occupied by Alexander Cunninghame Esq.'.
Name Book 1862-63.
A probable early 18th century description of Renfrewshire notes Walkingshaw House, 'one of the pleasantest seats in the county', as situated where the Black Cart and the River Gryfe join. It has recently been burnt, but was being rebuilt. (Walkinshaw Gardens are at the above grid reference).
W Macfarlane 1907
Walkinshaw House is depicted on the OS Revision Edition map (Renfrewshire, sheet VIII.10 & 14, 1913). It has since been demolished.
Information from RCAHMS (LKFJ), October 2001.
NS46NE 37.00
NMRS REFERENCE
Demolished c.1927.
Soane Museum Drawings - Adam Collections
Vol 1 Nos 74 - 75
Vol 31 Nos 56 - 62