Carstairs House, also known as Monteith House, is a country house 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-west of Carstairs South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The house is protected as a category A listed building.[1]
| Carstairs House | |
|---|---|
 Carstairs House, now Monteith House Nursing Home | |
| Type | Country house |
| Coordinates | 55°40′51″N 3°41′04″W / 55.680904°N 3.684535°W |
| Built | 1821 - 1823 |
| Current use | Nursing home |
| Architect | William Burn |
| Architectural style(s) | "Tudor" gothic |
Listed Building – Category A | |
| Designated | 12 January 1971 |
| Reference no. | LB712 |
  Location in South Lanarkshire | |
History edit
Carstairs House was designed by the Edinburgh architect William Burn and built for Henry Monteith MP between 1821 and 1823.[1][2] It then passed to his son Robert Monteith, and on his death to Joseph Monteith, who built a hydroelectric plant at nearby Jarviswood, and the Carstairs House Tramway to transport guests and family to and from Carstairs railway station.[3] It was purchased by Sir James King, the former Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1899.[4]
In 1924 Carstairs House was acquired the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow who had selected it as base for the St Charles' Certified Institution for "mentally defective Catholic children".[5] The children arrived there in 1925.[6] The institution, which was staffed by Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul,[7] closed in 1983.[7]
The house re-opened as a nursing home known as Monteith House (named after its original owner) in 1986 and, after a temporary closure between 2009 and 2011, re-opened again.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "Carstairs House (Category A Listed Building) (LB712)". Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Monteith, Henry (1764-1848), of Westbank, Renfrew Road, Glasgow and Carstairs House, Lanark". History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ The Electrical engineer, Volume 3, 1889
- ^ "Sir James King". Glasgow West-end Addresses and their Occupants. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ The Catholic who's who and yearbook, Volume 20. Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Burns & Oates, 1 January 1927
- ^ The County of Lanark, George Thomson, Collins, 1960
- ^ a b "St. Charles' Certified Institution". Scottish Archive Network. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Carluke and Lanark Gazette, 15 July 2011