Gartur House

Gartur House and associated stable block and cottages have been photographed as a general record upgrade. Due to the condition of the buildings the survey was restricted to the exterior. The rear of Gartur House is obscured by vegetation and was not photographed.

The estate is currently (June 2017) under marketing for sale.

Visited by HES Survey & Recording (ZB & IF) 16 June 2017.

AOC Archaeology Group was commissioned by Juniper Projects Ltd to undertake an historic building survey of the former Gartur House and Gartur Stables near Cambusbarron to the south-west of Stirling. The works were undertaken in advance of development as a condition of the planning consent and listed building consent on the renovation of the former 19th century building by the conservation officer of Stirling Council. Gartur House started out as an 18th century Laird's House located to the west of Cambusbarron and to the south-west of the city of Stirling. It originally consisted of a three-bay two-storey house with attic in an area of isolated land accessed from a track to the north-west. Major renovations to the house and lands were then undertaken in the early 19th century, when a large new Classical-style addition was added to the north-west of the Laird's House. The original main entrance, to the south-east, was converted to a window and the 19th century building had a new main entrance, complete with decorative iron balcony over the first floor windows. It also incorporated a lower ground floor with storage chambers and a wine cellar, to accommodate a large kitchen wing. At the same time, a stables complex was built to the north-east of the house which included a large frontage to the south-west (as it formed the main view from the house) with stable blocks to either side of a large arched pend entrance leading into a courtyard. Cart sheds and additional stable blocks were then located within the courtyard, although the south-east wing of the block gradually disappeared throughout the 20th century; it has more recently (on the 1990s) been replaced by a brick stable block. It is thought that the house was largely rented out in the 19th and 20th centuries by the Murray family, who owned the house, to tenants.

Information from AOC Archaeology Group (J Humble; D Sproat) 2019

OASIS ID: aocarcha1-344878