The Glen
Country House (19th Century)
Site Name The Glen
Classification Country House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Estate; Glen House
Canmore ID 53192
Site Number NT23SE 5
NGR NT 29802 33044
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/53192
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Traquair
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT23SE 5.00 29802 33044 Glen House
NT23SE 5.01 29981 33311 Estate School and School Master's House (The Old Schoolhouse)
NT23SE 5.02 29580 33057 Glen farm, Steading
NT23SE 5.03 29654 33020 Walled garden
NT23SE 5.04 29758 33026 Garden Features and Terraces to SW of house
NT23SE 5.05 29687 33134 Anvil Cottage
NT23SE 5.06 29654 33137 No 1 Sawmill Cottages
NT23SE 5.07 29657 32412 The Temple (Summerhouse)
NT23SE 5.08 29533 33011 Piggery
NT23SE 5.09 29756 33070 Swimming Pool
NT23SE 5.10 29651 33110 Bridge over Kill Burn
NT23SE 5.11 29821 33097 Bridge over Kill Burn (Entrance Bridge)
NT23SE 5.12 29802 33075 Courtyard Entrance
NT23SE 5.13 29620 32952 Factor's House
NT23SE 5.14 29680 33059 Garden Cottage
NT23SE 5.15 29579 33139 Old Walled Garden
NT23SE 5.16 29598 33040 Hall
NT23SE 5.17 29441 33066 House and Kennels
NT23SE 5.18 29775 33046 Lion Gateway
NT23SE 5.19 29810 33021 Garden Features and Terraces to SE of house
NT23SE 5.20 29828 33049 Garden Features and Terraces to NE of house
NT23SE 5.21 29612 32963 Octagonal Dairy
NT23SE 5.22 29649 33131 No 2 Sawmill Cottages
NT23SE 5.23 29633 33070 Silo View and Nursery Cottages
NT23SE 5.24 29783 33082 Stable Courtyard, Stable
NT23SE 5.25 29759 33086 Stable Courtyard, Coach House
NT23SE 5.26 29776 33091 Stable Courtyard, Stable
NT23SE 5.27 29646 33052 Walled Garden, Glasshouse Range
NT23SE 5.28 29644 33056 Walled Garden, Shed Range
NT33SW 18 30541 33581 Glen House, Lodge
NT33SW 58.00 30209 33585 Gamekeeper's Cottage
NT33SW 58.01 30197 33615 Kennels
NMRS REFERENCE:
Owner: Lord Glenconner
Architects: William Playfair, 1821, additions to original farmhouse, demolished to make way for new house.
David Bryce, 1854/55, enlarged 1874
Sir Robert Lorimer, 1905-07, additions etc.
EXTERNAL REFERENCES
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Playfair College, 38 sheets of classical additions to earlier house, dated 1821.
(Area centred NT 3032 3351) Very soon after passing through the lodge towards the mansion Mr Mathison pointed to a clump of trees as the site of the original residence known as 'The Glen' - a forest steading mentioned in history in 1216.
J Wilson 1894
The Nether Glen is to be seen between the Birks (NT 2950 3380) and the Fethan (NT 3083 3329).
A Pennecuik 1815
No further information.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 1 April 1962
Photographic Survey (1956)
Photographs of The Glen, Peebles-shire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1956.
Sbc Note
Visibility: This is an upstanding building.
Information from Scottish Borders Council.
