A report by Nicola Findlay of The East Kilbride News: CHRIS Ladds, an art history graduate, discovers drawing of Calderwood Linn – also known as the Castle Falls – by renowned artist Paul Sandby and now hopes to compile a book on the history of Calderglen. An art aficionado who has collected thousands of artefacts […]
I’ve recently read so many incorrect histories and details about Calderglen House, that I thought I would write a brief history, correcting things (as I see it). Calderbank – Lyndsay / Munro / Struthers era To explore the history of Calderglen House, we must understand the original name, Calderbank. The origins of Calderbank House can […]
Pictured here by myself in December 2014 are the current gardens outside of Calderglen Nursing Home, Blantyre. This nicely landscaped area offers a idyllic retreat for the residents of the care home throughout the year. How pleasant it must be to sit outside here in Summertime and watch the wildlife and listen to the trickle of […]
Here’s a story I enjoyed researching. Adelaide Robina Cochrane was born on 18th September 1859. She was the youngest of six daughters and two sons to J.R Cochrane and Mary Ann Howden of Calderglen. Her middle name Robina, took the first name of her grandmother on her father’s side. Whilst she spent her early life […]
Meet the Cochrane family, perhaps one of Blantyre’s most prominent families. John Richard Cochrane, a power loom cloth manufacturer business man at Calderglen and his wife, Mary Ann (nee Howden) and their children. John Richard Cochrane, a liberal unionist was born in Glasgow on 5th December 1827 and married Mary Ann in Edinburgh on 30th […]
Pictured here is Calderglen House, situated behind the Priory Bridge Housing Estate. This photo dates from around 1910 or so and the grand house still stands today, as a Nursing home. The ivy is nowhere near as extensive and has damaged some of the stonework over the years. Anyway, the history of the building itself […]
At the entrance to the Calderglen Estate stands a large tree. It made me stop for a moment, when I saw the size of it. It surely must be as old as the house itself at a couple of hundred years. Its twisted trunk and lush leaves made it stand out from the others around […]