I was reliably informed today that Woodburn House, a prominent old house at Woodburn Avenue near the station has been demolished this week. Seeing this for myself after work, the cleared site is currently fenced off with security. The house was gutted by fire in 2016 after lying empty for some time. It is unknown […]
A co-incidence that I’m posting about a fire on Bonfire Night, but this is an interesting story anyway. On 2nd September 2016, Woodburn House, a beautiful family home on Woodburn Avenue, Low Blantyre burned down, leaving owners , the Scott family who had lived there for 55 years, devastated. This nice family had been […]
The future of another old house in Blantyre looks to be uncertain today, upon the sad news of another “sudden fire”, this time to the magnificent property, Woodburn, next to Blantyre Station. The property caught fire under unknown circumstances late last night, Friday 2nd September 2016, with fire response arriving quickly. However, by the time […]
“Woodburn” is a large house located just South of Low Blantyre Train Station. Pictured here on an 1859 map, this property belonged to J Burns, the official Station master at the time. It was also home to J Sproul Esquire. Described at the time as “a superior , detached property”, the house sat near the […]