Craigenputtock
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Craigenputtock is the craig/whinstone hill of the puttocks (small hawks). It is the 800 acres (3.2 km²) upland farming estate on the watershed between Dumfries
and Galloway
, 16 miles (25.7 km) from Dumfries
and Castle Douglas
. It comprises the principal residence - a two storey, 4 bedroomed Georgian
Country House (category B listed), 2 cottages and a farmstead, 315 acres (1,274,760.9 m²) of moorland hill rising to 1000 ft (304.8 m) above sea level, 350 acres (1,416,401 m²) of inbye ground of which 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) is arable
/ploughable and 135 acres (546,326.1 m²) of woodland/forestry. It was once the residence of the well-known writer Thomas Carlyle
, who wrote many famous works there.
It was the property for generations (circa 1500) of the family of Welsh, and eventually that of their heiress, Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle
(whose family are directly descended from John Knox
), which the Carlyles made their dwelling-house in 1828, where they remained for seven years (before moving to Carlyle's House
in Cheyne Row, London), and where "Sartor Resartus
" was written. The property was bequeathed by Thomas Carlyle
to the Edinburgh University on his death in 1881. It is now home to the Carter-Campbell family (see Burke's Peerage and Gentry Carter-Campbell of Possil) and managed by the C.C.C. (Carlyle Craigenputtock Circle).
(one of the "Glasgow Boys") stayed at Craigenputtock in 1882. The following is his account and sketches of his stay:
Dumfriesshire
Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries is a registration county of Scotland. The lieutenancy area of Dumfries has similar boundaries.Until 1975 it was a county. Its county town was Dumfries...
and Galloway
Galloway
Galloway is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire...
, 16 miles (25.7 km) from Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
and Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas
Castle Douglas , a town in the south of Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway, lies in the eastern part of Galloway known as the Stewartry, between the towns of Dalbeattie and Gatehouse of Fleet.-History:...
. It comprises the principal residence - a two storey, 4 bedroomed Georgian
Georgian era
The Georgian era is a period of British history which takes its name from, and is normally defined as spanning the reigns of, the first four Hanoverian kings of Great Britain : George I, George II, George III and George IV...
Country House (category B listed), 2 cottages and a farmstead, 315 acres (1,274,760.9 m²) of moorland hill rising to 1000 ft (304.8 m) above sea level, 350 acres (1,416,401 m²) of inbye ground of which 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) is arable
Arable land
In geography and agriculture, arable land is land that can be used for growing crops. It includes all land under temporary crops , temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens and land temporarily fallow...
/ploughable and 135 acres (546,326.1 m²) of woodland/forestry. It was once the residence of the well-known writer Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era.He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was...
, who wrote many famous works there.
It was the property for generations (circa 1500) of the family of Welsh, and eventually that of their heiress, Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle
Jane Welsh Carlyle
Jane Welsh Carlyle was the wife of essayist Thomas Carlyle and has been cited as the reason for his fame and fortune. She was most notable as a letter-writer. In 1973, G.B...
(whose family are directly descended from John Knox
John Knox
John Knox was a Scottish clergyman and a leader of the Protestant Reformation who brought reformation to the church in Scotland. He was educated at the University of St Andrews or possibly the University of Glasgow and was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1536...
), which the Carlyles made their dwelling-house in 1828, where they remained for seven years (before moving to Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House
Carlyle's House, in the district of Chelsea, in central London, England, was the home acquired by the historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle, after having lived at Craigenputtock in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. She was a prominent woman of letters, for nearly half a...
in Cheyne Row, London), and where "Sartor Resartus
Sartor Resartus
Thomas Carlyle's major work, Sartor Resartus , first published as a serial in 1833-34, purported to be a commentary on the thought and early life of a German philosopher called Diogenes Teufelsdröckh , author of a tome entitled "Clothes: their Origin and Influence" , but was actually a poioumenon...
" was written. The property was bequeathed by Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era.He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was...
to the Edinburgh University on his death in 1881. It is now home to the Carter-Campbell family (see Burke's Peerage and Gentry Carter-Campbell of Possil) and managed by the C.C.C. (Carlyle Craigenputtock Circle).
James Paterson on Craigenputtock
The artist James PatersonJames Paterson (painter)
James Paterson , was a Scottish landscape painter who settled in Edinburgh and produced several accomplished portraits of some of his notable contemporaries...
(one of the "Glasgow Boys") stayed at Craigenputtock in 1882. The following is his account and sketches of his stay:
External links
- Thomas & Jane Carlyle's Craigenputtock
- Historic houses in Scotland
- List of places in Dumfries and Galloway