Westshield | Canmore

House (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Westshield

Classification House (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) West Shield

Canmore ID 47623

Site Number NS94NW 1

NGR NS 94569 49302

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Westshield House. Detail of window on North front.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Detail showing corbel course on North front.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. View from West.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. Detail of fire insurance plaque.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield, NS94NW 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

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Westshield. View from East.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield House. View of South crow-stepped gable.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield House. View from South-West.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. View from East.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. View from North-East.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield House. Detail showing corbel course on North front.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield House. Detail of front door and carved stone.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield House. View from South.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield, NS94NW 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

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Westshield. View from North.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. View of garden door in wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield, NS94NW 1, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

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Westshield. View from North.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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View of South crow-stepped gable.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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View from South-West.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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View from South-West.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. View of garden door in wall.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Detail of window on North front.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Detail of front door and carved stone.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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View from South.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. View from North-East.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Westshield. Detail of fire insurance plaque.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

26/6/1943

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Administrative Areas

Council South Lanarkshire
Parish Carnwath
Former Region Strathclyde
Former District Clydesdale
Former County Lanarkshire

Archaeology Notes

NS94NW 1 9459 4932.

NS94NW 1.01 9446 4934 Lodge

(NS 9459 4932) Westshield (AD 1668) (NAT)

OS 6" map (1912)

The building of this mansion was started in 1668 but never completed.

Name Book 1858

A four-storey T-shaped building of squared rubble, with crow-stepped gables. The west wing is incomplete. The structure is roofed but in poor condition, and is unoccupied.

Visited by OS (JLD) 23 April 1955

As described above. A stone inscribed 'R D M L 1668' can be seen above the entrance to one of the first-floor rooms.

Visited by OS (RD) 3 January 1968

This building demolished c1980s.

Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE:

Architect: James Lauder 1884.

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