Old Photograph Purves Hall Scotland

Old photograph of Purves Hall, Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house was built in the later part of the nineteenth century as a replacement for the peel tower to the north, which was recorded as being in a ruinous condition in the mid nineteenth century. A seventeenth-century window incorporated into the south-west wall of the house probably came from the older building, as it has a carved panel bearing the date 1675.



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Old Photograph Caprington Castle Scotland

Old photograph of Caprington Castle near Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. This Scottish castle was originally a Tower House in the early 15th Century built for Adam Cunningham. The present building was erected about 1820 by Sir William Cuninghame. The tower which forms the South West part of the building is said to be of 15th century date, with 17th, 18th and 19th century alterations. Caprington Castle remains the private residence of the Cunningham Family.



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Old Photographs Drumkilbo House Scotland

Old photograph of Drumkilbo House near Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland. This Scottish mansion house is located on the edge of the village of Meigle, about ten miles east of Blairgowrie, and adjacent to the estate of Glamis Castle. The first recorded owner of Drumkilbo was Robert the Bruce; he passed it to his liegeman Morice de Tiry in about 1300. For 300 years it was the home of the Tyree family, including Jesuit theologian James Tyrie, born 1543, died 1597, and Sir Thomas Tyree, race horse owner and associate of Charles I of England. In 1650 it became the property of the Nairne family. Lord Wharncliffe purchased Drumkilbo in about 1851; he sold it to Edward Cox in 1900. The Cox family at that time were the leading proprietors of the jute industry in Dundee. In 1951 Drumkilbo was sold to the 17th Lord Elphinstone, whose nephew inherited it in 1975, and sold off much of the estate in 1984.

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Old Photograph Allander Toll House Scotland

Old photograph of Allander Toll House cottage by Milngavie, Scotland. Located in East Dunbartonshire, on the Allander Water, at the North Western edge of Glasgow.



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Old Photograph Pinkie House Scotland

Old photograph of Pinkie House, Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Pinkie was formerly the country seat of the abbots of Dunfermline in Fife, and the tower house was built some time in the 16th century on the site of the Battle of Pinkie. In 1597, following the Reformation, it passed to Alexander Seton. He served as James VI's chancellor, and was created Earl of Dunfermline in 1605. The young Prince Charles, later Charles I, lived here as a boy, after his father's move to London at the Union of the Crowns in 1603. He slept in what is still known as The King's Room. In 1607 Seton married his third wife, Margaret Hay of Yester, and from 1613 set about expanding the house, adding a long wing to the south, and decorating the interior. In 1694 the property passed to the Hays, the Marquess of Tweeddale adding a door to the east front. In 1745, following victory at the Battle of Prestonpans, Charles Edward Stuart stayed here, as well as using the building as a field hospital. In 1778 the Hays sold the building to Archibald Hope of Craighall, who made further alterations, and added a stable block. Extensions were carried out in 1825, designed by William Burn. In 1951 Pinkie House was bought by Loretto School.



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