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Milliken House
Country House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Milliken House
Classification Country House (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 43226
Site Number NS46SW 29
NGR NS 4163 6358
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/43226
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Kilbarchan
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS46SW 29 4163 6358
'Milliken House' is depicted on the OS 2nd Edition map (Renfrewshire, sheet II, 1913). It was demolished in the 1930s.
Information from RCAHMS (HMLB), September 2001.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: 1773. Destroyed by fire 1801
rebuilt 1836.
Demolished c. 1936
Seat of Sir William Milliken Napier Bart.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish Records Office
Printed particulars on the Estate of Milliken which is for sale.
The House is approached by three avenues, two of which have gate lodges.
There are greenhouses, peach houses, cucumber and melon pits in the gardens.
Prints of drawings of the West and East Fronts of the house and a coloured plan of the estate are included.
1886 GD 148/402/4
Mitchel Library
J Maclehose' 'Country Houses' - 1 photograph
