User:Dumelow/Carnsalloch House



Georgian, reputed to be the work of London architect Isaac Ware. 15 years on Scotlands Heritage at Risk Register. Suffered several fires, including 4 arson attacks since 2007. Would be Ware's only surviving Scottish house. Completed 1759 fo Alexander Johnstone who made his money in London as a chemist and was returning to his native country. Palladian in style it was markedly cosmopolitan for rural Dumfriesshire. Successive generations of the family embellished the structure and Patrick Campbell-Johnstone commissioned a woodland mortuary chapel from Edward Buckton Lamb that was built in 1847. The surviving buildings are regarded as nationally important but most are regarded by Histoirc Scotland as being at high risk of loss. Was a Leonard Cheshire home for disabled people for 40 years before being sold, in a dilapidated state, to Ian Foster a developer from Northern Ireland. Redevelopment plans delayed by fires. Planning permission was refused by Dumfries and Galloway Council in 2010 and 2014. Planners were happy to allow the main house to be converted into six townhouses but refused permission over plans for additional new build homes, despite support for this from Historic Scotland. The plans were approved under appeal in 2018 but little progress has since been made, with only some landscaping and tree felling works proceeding. The Carnsalloch Chapel, is in separate ownership and lies derelict, also Category A.

https://www.buildingsatrisk.org.uk/details/906763

https://canmore.org.uk/site/77844/carnsalloch-house

https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200342729-carnsalloch-house-kirkmahoe#.Yuele3bMIdU

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/16253969.historic-carnsalloch-house-hit-third-blaze-three-years/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-31831954

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/dumfries-woman-launches-search-find-5645261