Description

William Adam, 1740; 20th century conversion. 2-storey, 5-bay former stable. Rubble with smooth margins.

NE (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central round arched door with keystone; single windows flanking; 5 single windows, square in proportion, above; attic window to right of roof.

SE ELEVATION: blind.

SW (REAR) ELEVATION: bipartite windows in left bay; single window in 2nd bay from left; door and window in 3rd bay from left; bipartite in right bay. 4 attic windows above: bipartite windows in end bays; single windows in centre bays.

NW ELEVATION: door at ground; single window in left bay at 1st floor.

Modern glazing. Piended slate roof; very tall, coped stacks at SE and NW.

Statement of Interest

A-Group with Torrance House, Strathaven Road Lodge, Calderglen Country Park Bridge, Calderglen Country Park Gatepiers and statue of Sir John Falstaff. Calderglen Country Park was formerly the Torrance Estate that belonged to the Stuart family. From 1948 to 1966, the house became the office of the East Kilbride Development Corporation. The property remained empty during the 1970s and fell into disrepair. In 1979, East Kilbride District Council saved the house, restoring and converting it into two private dwelling houses. The estate remained in the ownership of the council and was opened to the public as a country park. The tower house and gate lodge are in private ownership. Drawings at the National Library of Scotland by William Adam, show the design for the stable block (since converted into the Ranger's Office). Along with the drawing of the stable block are designs for alterations to the tower house and a courtyard; all of which seem to have been executed.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17849812

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)