Carstairs House
Carstairs House | |
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Type | Country house |
Coordinates | 55°40′51″N 3°41′04″W / 55.680904°N 3.684535°W |
Built | 1821 - 1823 |
Current use | Nursing home |
Architect | William Burn |
Architectural style(s) | "Tudor" gothic |
Listed Building – Category A | |
Designated | 12 January 1971 |
Reference no. | LB712 |
Carstairs House, also known as Monteith House, is a country house 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-west of Carstairs South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The house is protected as a category A listed building.[1]
History
Carstairs House was designed by the Edinburgh architect
In 1924 Carstairs House was acquired the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow who had selected it as base for the St Charles' Certified Institution for "mentally defective Catholic children".[5] The children arrived there in 1925.[6] The institution, which was staffed by Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul,[7] closed in 1983.[7]
The house re-opened as a nursing home known as Monteith House (named after its original owner) in 1986 and, after a temporary closure between 2009 and 2011, re-opened again.[8]
References
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Carstairs House (Category A Listed Building) (LB712)". Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Monteith, Henry (1764-1848), of Westbank, Renfrew Road, Glasgow and Carstairs House, Lanark". History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ The Electrical engineer, Volume 3, 1889
- ^ "Sir James King". Glasgow West-end Addresses and their Occupants. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ The Catholic who's who and yearbook, Volume 20. Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Burns & Oates, 1 January 1927
- ^ The County of Lanark, George Thomson, Collins, 1960
- ^ a b "St. Charles' Certified Institution". Scottish Archive Network. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Carluke and Lanark Gazette, 15 July 2011