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Bowland
Cross (Period Unknown), House (19th Century), Hunting Lodge (16th Century), Sundial (Period Unassigned), Bell (17th Century)
Site Name Bowland
Classification Cross (Period Unknown), House (19th Century), Hunting Lodge (16th Century), Sundial (Period Unassigned), Bell (17th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Bowland House; Whitehill
Canmore ID 54386
Site Number NT43NW 1
NGR NT 44672 39922
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/54386
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stow
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Midlothian
NT43NW 1.00 44672 39922
NT43NW 1.01 44636 39923 Dovecot
See also:
NT43NE 35 45373 39991 Bowland Gate
(NT 44672 39922) Bowland {NAT}
OS 6" map (1959)
Architect: James Gillespie Graham, large addition c. 1811-14.
George Henderson, additions 1890.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
NATIONAL LIBRARY
Manuscript department, reference to architect, 1811.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
The predecessor of the present Bowland House is said to have been a hunting-seat of the Bishops of St Andrews, but was greatly enlarged in 1811 and completely rebuilt in 1902. There is a small square dovecot beside the house.
A sandstone cross, about 4 ft tall and apparently shaped for a socket lay in a summer-house in 1913. In 1883 it surmounted the west gable of the house.
A 17th century bell hanging on a tree in front of the house came from St Giles's Church, Edinburgh, about 1900.
NSA 1845; J Small 1883; RCAHMS 1929; A N Robertson 1957.
