Buchanan Castle Estate, Bridge (1) over Mill Burn, Ns46731/88495 Buchanan, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Buchanan Castle Estate, Bridge (1) over Mill Burn, Ns46731/88495 has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 398488 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 50455
- Category
- C
- Name
- Buchanan Castle Estate, Bridge (1) over Mill Burn, Ns46731/88495
- Parish
- Buchanan
- County
- Stirling
- National Park
- Loch Lomond & Trossachs
- Easting
- 246729
- Northing
- 688497
- Date Listed
- 4 May 2006
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Loch Lomond And Trossachs National Park Planning Authority An early 19th century bridge with a single segmental arch, carrying one of the drives of the estate SE-NW across the Mill Burn, giving access to the walled garden (demolished). It is built of droved ashlar with a convex-coped parapet which terminates at each end with short swept wing walls with scrolled ends. The bridge is part of the landscape development of Buchanan Castle estate. The policies of Buchanan Castle are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland (Vol. 4, 291).
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
There are three other similar bridges on the estate, two single arch and one triple arch. (see separate listings). Buchanan Castle Estate was held the Buchanans from the 13th century until it was bought by the 3rd Marquis (later Duke) in 1682. In 1724 the earlier dwelling was demolished and a large new house constructed. Over the next 130 years, the house and its surrounding estate underwent several periods of alteration and development, culminating in the construction of Buchanan Castle in 1852.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
1st edition OS map 1858-63. Gifford, J. and Walker, F.A., Buildings of Scotland: Stirling and Central Scotland, (2002), 290
