Dumfries & Galloway Architecture, Scottish Borders Buildings, Scotland

Dumfries & Galloway Buildings : Architecture

Historic Built Environment in south west Scotland : Architectural Photos

10 Jul 2012

Dumfries & Galloway Architecture

Architecture Photos from 7 Jul 2012:

Drumlanrig Castle – an imposing symmetrical mansion in the southern Scottish countryside:

photograph © Adrian Welch

Dundrennan Abbey:

photographs © Adrian Welch

Modern Galloway property, Sorbie:

photograph © Daniel Lomholt-Welch

photograph © Adrian Welch

Galloway House is a Category A listed country house. Adjoining the estate village of Garlieston, on Wigtown Bay, the house was begun in 1740 for Lord Garlies, later sixth Earl of Galloway, to designs by John Douglas, assisted by John Baxter as site architect. Additions in 1841 were by the Edinburgh architect William Burn.

Sweetheart Abbey, in village of New Abbey:

photographs © Adrian Welch
The Abbey of Dulce Cor, better known as Sweetheart Abbey, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1275 in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, 8 miles south of Dumfries.

Southerness Lighthouse:

photograph © Adrian Welch

Rockcliffe House:

photograph © Adrian Welch

Location: Scotland, UK, north western Europe

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Ayr Riverside Development, South West Scotland
Architects: Keppie Design ; Masterplan by Niall McLaughlin Architects

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