Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

MUGDOCK COUNTRY PARK, CRAIGEND CASTLELB50821

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
09/03/2007
Supplementary Information Updated
15/09/2023
Local Authority
Stirling
Planning Authority
Stirling
Parish
Strathblane
NGR
NS 54472 77701
Coordinates
254472, 677701

Description

Alexander Ramsay, 1812. Ruinous, roofless remnant of finely-detailed castellated Gothic country house now comprising two-storey, seven-bay elevation to east, with three-stage square-plan tower to south and octagonal tower to east. Droved ashlar. Deep base course. Hoodmoulds. Corbelled parapets to towers. Mixture of rectangular and segmental-arched window openings, some with tracery remains. Principal Elevation to east with central porte cochere with small octagonal towers and segmental arches. Interior: little original fabric intact. Remains of sunken courtyard with some columns with decorative capitals.

Statement of Special Interest

Built in 1812, this is the fragmentary remains of what was an extremely well-detailed and impressive country house, which continues to form a significant feature in the landscape. Although much of the original structure of the building has gone, and the building is a roofless, there is still sufficient fabric to show that this was a country house of some distinction with extremely good decoration and fine features. The fine carving to the parapet

is especially distinctive. There is photographic evidence to show that the interior of the building continued the Gothic style and included a lavish rib-vaulted entrance hall. It is thought that the house began to lose its structure in the 1950s and 60s. The Gothic building style was fashionable in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was a romantic, highly decorative building type echoing interest in the medieval period and its values.

The house is set within the grounds of Mugdock Country Park, an area of parkland of c.700 acres with woods, moorland and the remains of the 14th century Mugdock Castle (Scheduled Monument). The building was built by Alexander Ramsay, initially using designs by the owner's cousin, the amateur architect James Smith of Jordanhill and he preserved the original designs as much as possible. Alexander Ramsay (c1777-1847) was an Edinburgh builder, about whom little is presently known.

References

Bibliography

1st Edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1858-63. James Maclehose, The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry, 1870. RCAHMS photographs 1955 ST/1710/6, ST 1714, 1712. Howard Colvin, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, 1978 p670. J Gifford and Frank Arneil Walker, Stirling and Central Scotland, 2002, p620. www.mugdockcountrypark.org

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

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