Situated at Blantyreferme, Boathouse Farmhouse was a small three roomed stone built house with a kitchen. It had a large storage loft at the top of it, which was entered by a permanent large ladder situated on the gable wall of the cottage. (as pictured in 1910). A bed for the servant girl was built […]
Now this may be a cleaning activity , rather than repairs but for some reason, there’s a huge ladder leaning up against the Tower of Calderwood Castle. Photographed by my second great grand Uncle, David Ritchie, from the Blantyre side of the Rotten Calder, is the back of Calderwood Castle around 1915. At the time […]