Cringletie
| Cringletie | |
| Peeblesshire | |
|---|---|
 Cringletie House Hotel | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT234445 |
| Location: | 55°41’17"N, 3°13’7"W |
| History | |
| Built 1861 | |
| By: | David Bryce |
| Country house | |
| Information | |
| Condition: | Converted to a hotel |
| Website: | www.cringletie.com |
Cringletie is a country house built in the Scots Baronial style, standing by the Eddleston Water in Peeblesshire, about two miles south of Eddleston.
The house was designed by David Bryce and built in 1861. The house today 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 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 the house was first converted into a country house 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]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cringletie House: Listed Building Report (Historic Scotland)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 History of Cringletie - Cringletie House
- ↑ CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Cringletie House
- ↑ "Captain Alexander Murray". http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Murray.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
- 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
