An anonymous reader is seeking information about four small miniature columns, formerly part of the altar in the Craighead House Chapel, which originated from Hamilton Palace. Installed around 1927, these columns, likely made of black granite or marble, were lost after the mansion was demolished following a fire.
Christine Wallace shared this excellent aerial photo of a former Blantyre Estate during the 1980s. It is of course Craighead, I think pictured in 1983. The house in the foreground with offices and outbuildings in the background, including the Victorian folly to the far left. How neatly kept the gardens were too even then, […]
I’m always amazed as more and more excellent, new (old) photos are sent in. Back to early Edwardian times now and a previously unseen photo of Criaghead House. A grand conservatory on the side, (a different one from other Craighead photos). The postcard is incorrectly marked Bothwell, with former Craighead House, definitely on the Blantyre […]
Such a shame that Craighead House was destroyed by fire in February 2001. It left a scene of destruction that left no alternative for contractors to demolish the building and indeed the surrounding outbuildings. One of such outbuildings, was a sandstone tower, with “battle ramparts”. The tower was likely an 19th century addition to the […]