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Bo'ness, Bridgeness Road, Cowdenhill House
House (17th Century)
Site Name Bo'ness, Bridgeness Road, Cowdenhill House
Classification House (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cowdenhill Road
Canmore ID 49531
Site Number NT08SW 19
NGR NT 00979 81502
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49531
- Council Falkirk
- Parish Bo'ness And Carriden
- Former Region Central
- Former District Falkirk
- Former County West Lothian
NT08SW 19.00 0098 8151
NT08SW 19.01 0098 8150 Stables
(NT 0098 8151) Cowdenhill House (NAT)
OS 25" map, Linlithgowshire, (1881)
Cowdehill House, dated 1676, was reconstructed in the 18th. century. Traditional. Rubble-walled, several windows filled in. Classical doorway, with an inset above it on the 2nd floor, inscribed 1676 AL. 19th century 1-storey gabled wing to W. Old window lintel inscribed 16 TF AB 47. Cowdenhill was formerly a hamlet between Grangepans and Bridgeness.
SDD 1960-.
Cowdenhill House has been demolished, its site now being occupied by a community centre.
Visited by OS (B S) 11 March 1974.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Bo'ness, Cowdenhill House which was Category B Listed was demolished c. 1968-1970. Information from Demolitions catalogue held in RCAHMS library.
Field Visit (July 1978)
Cowdenhill House NT 009 815 NT08SW 19
Site of house built in 1676 and reconstructed in the 18th century.
RCAHMS 1978, visited July 1977
Characterisation
This site falls within the Bridgeness and Carriden Area of Townscape Character (NT08SW 169), which was defined as part of the RCAHMS Urban Survey Programme 2013. Text relating to the historical development and topography, and present character of the Bridgeness and Carriden Area of Townscape Character can be viewed at site NT08SW 169.
Information from RCAHMS (LK), January 2014
