Braxfield House, New Lanark Road, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
Braxfield House is important as an example of 18th century classical domestic architecture, as one of the oldest surviving buildings on Braxfield estate, and for of its close connections with Robert Owen. Moreover Braxfield estate is one of the main designed landscape components of the Falls of Clyde designated landscape in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, which contribute to the outstanding scenic qualities of this part of the Clyde. Though ruinous the house retains some features of interest such as the scrolled skewputts. Braxfield estate was acquired shortly after 1710 by John MacQueen, writer in Lanark, later sheriff-substitute of Lanarkshire. The earliest part of the house is thought to have been built for him. In 1771 the estate passed to his son, Robert, who developed the estate from that date by buying land from the Burgh of Lanark. Robert MacQueen (1722-99), whose harsh conduct on the bench earned him the title 'the hanging judge', is likely to have been responsible for the construction of the W range. The house was subsequently occupied by Robert Owen of New Lanark, 1808-1828. Tsar Nicholas I stayed here in 1816 as Owen's guest. In 1832 the estate was described by Cobbett as `the beautiful park and mansion occupied by Messrs Walker'. At this time the house was tenanted by Charles and Henry Walker who ran the mills until the 1880s, though the McQueen family retained ownership. In 1913 the estate was combined with that of Castlebank which was by then in the ownership of the Houldsworth family. The house was abandoned when the estate was sold in 1931 and subsequently became a roofless ruin. In 1784 part of the Braxfield estate was feued to provide the bulk of the ground on which New Lanark was to be built. New Lanark village is made up of industrial, residential and community buildings, dating predominantly from between 1786 and the 1820s. The mill complex was founded by David Dale, Glasgow merchant, in conjunction with Richard Arkwright,
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Location: Braxfield House, New Lanark Road, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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Keywords: 18th., architecture, braxfield, century, classic, domestic, estate, house, lanark, owen, robert, ruin, winter
