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Kirkdale House
Country House (18th Century), Sundial (Period Unknown)
Site Name Kirkdale House
Classification Country House (18th Century), Sundial (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkdale House And Sundial
Canmore ID 63756
Site Number NX55SW 56
NGR NX 51472 53288
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/63756
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkmabreck
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Kirkcudbrightshire
NX55SW 56.00 51472 53288
NX55SW 56.01 514 532 Architectural fragment
NX55SW 56.02 51653 52988 Ice-house
Designed by Robert Adam. Sym. fronted 4-storey granite mansion with 3-storey wings on either side; portico with columns; internal reconstruction after fire between 1880-90.
SDD 1971.
NMRS REFERENCE
Architect: Robert Adam 1787. Central portion destroyed by fire 1890 internally and hall redesigned 1892
Owner: Cardoness & Kirkdale Estate.
Photographic Survey (April 1965)
Photographic survey by the Scottish National Buildings Record/Ministry of Works in April 1965.
