Historic houses · Scottish Lowlands
Galloway House
Galloway House — house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Family-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Galloway House is a historic house in the United Kingdom — typically a country seat, manor, or town house with notable architecture or history. Heritage designation: category A listed building. Wikidata describes it as: "house in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 54.7792°, -4.3674°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Galloway House is a Category A listed country house in Sorbie, in the historic county of Wigtownshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
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Background
History
Adjoining the estate village of Garlieston, on Wigtown Bay, the house was begun in 1740 for Lord Garlies, later sixth Earl of Galloway, to designs by John Douglas, assisted by John Baxter as site architect. Additions in 1841 were by the Edinburgh architect William Burn. A high wall around the garden was constructed by French prisoners of war or during the Napoleonic Wars. The house and estate were owned by the Earls of Galloway until 1908, when they were forced to sell up. The buyer was Sir Malcolm McEacharn, who developed the garden. In 1930 the house and park were sold again to Lady Forteviot, widow of John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot, of the Dewar's Whisky family. She died in 1940, when…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7792, -4.3674
- District
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Postcode
- DG8 8HF
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dumfries and Galloway
Sources
- wikidata: Q5519177 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Galloway House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Galloway House.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Galloway House?
- Galloway House is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DG8 8HF).
- Who owns Galloway House?
- Galloway House is owned by | visitation_num =.
- Is Galloway House a listed building?
- Galloway House is officially recognised as category A listed building listed.
- How do I get to Galloway House?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DG8 8HF. It sits within the Dumfries and Galloway parliamentary constituency.