Cringletie

Cringletie House

Cringletie is a Scottish Baronial house by the Eddleston Water, around 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south of Eddleston in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Peeblesshire. Designed by David Bryce and built in 1861, the house is a Category B listed building.[1] Since 1971 it has been operated as a country house hotel.[2]

History

A "tower and manor place" at "Cringiltie" are mentioned in a charter of 1633.[3] The lands of Cringletie were purchased in 1666 by Alexander Murray of Black Barony, another nearby estate. Murray built a house on the site, which forms the core of the present building.[1] Captain Alexander Murray (1715–1762), an officer of the British Army who saw service in the Seven Years' War, was born here.[4] The house belonged to the Murray, later Wolfe Murray, family until 1941.[1] In 1971 it was first converted into a hotel, and has since changed ownership on more than one occasion.[2]

The grounds of the house include a walled garden and an 18th-century doocot.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cringletie House, Listed Building Report". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  2. 1 2 "History of Cringletie". Cringletie House. Archived from the original on 2010-09-11. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Cringletie House". CANMORE. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  4. ↑ "Captain Alexander Murray". Retrieved 2010-06-29.

Further reading

  • Chambers, W. (1864) A history of Peeblesshire, Edinburgh
  • Renrick, R. (1897) Historical notes of Peeblesshire localities, Peebles
  • Proudfoot, Edwina V W. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1985

Coordinates: 55°41′17″N 3°13′07″W / 55.68806°N 3.21861°W / 55.68806; -3.21861

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