2.5 miles west of Lanark, on minor roads west of B7018, and south of A744, just south of Stonebyres holdings.
Stonebyres House was a large castellated mansion of 1850, which encased a 15th century five storey tower. It was demolished in the mid 20th century.
The old keep occupied one end of the rectangular structure, and had been considerably modified to match its extension, sharing a new roof, and receiving corbelled out corner turrets and a centrally placed round stair turret in the gable from the second floor upward..
The walls of the keep were 8-9ft thick, and it measured 34ft by 29ft, compared to the 34 by 70 of the completed mansion. The entrance was at ground level with an adjacent turnpike within the wall leading to the second floor.
Across a landing, another turnpike led to the floors above. Each floor had a single room, excepting the third, which was irregularly divided into two. The ground and second floors had small fireplaces, whilst the first, presumably the hall had a larger example. The basement walls were pierced by gunloops and the hall famed as one of the finest in the country.
The De Veres or Weirs of Stonebyres held the property from the 15th century until 1845. It was sold to the Monteiths. It was remodelled and extended in 1840 and 1906-14. It was pulled down in 1934.
From Canmore;
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Archaeology Notes
NS84SW 11 84131 43860
(NS 8413 4386) Stonebyres (NR)
OS 6" map (1940-1)
Stonebyres was in existence in the 15th century and, prior to 1850, when the present mansion encasing the old structure was erected, consisted of the original keep, 34 feet by 29 feet, with an addition at one end making it an oblong tower approximately 70 feet by 34 feet, five stories high.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887
The mansion is being demolished.
Visited by OS (JFC) 11 March 1954
The walls of the Tower can still be seen; they are approximately 0.3m high.
Information from OS Reviser (T H Dick) 20 December 1962
Architecture Notes
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: John Baird (Primus) - extensive additions. D. Hamilton worked there 1840
Demolished: 1934
The estate was sold to Messrs. Kennoway & Fraser, Estate Agents, 9 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh,
who then resold it to the Department of Agriculture reserving the house for demolition.
The modern additions are of two periods, c.1850, 1907-14;
the old house is probably of two periods also, including a 15th centrury tower.
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References
Black's Picturesque Tourist (1851 )
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland,
Edinburgh, 9th
MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92 )
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries,
5v, Edinburgh, Vol.3, 438-9,
NS84SW 11 84131 43860
(NS 8413 4386) Stonebyres (NR)
OS 6" map (1940-1)
Stonebyres was in existence in the 15th century and, prior to 1850, when the present mansion encasing the old structure was erected, consisted of the original keep, 34 feet by 29 feet, with an addition at one end making it an oblong tower approximately 70 feet by 34 feet, five stories high.
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1887
The mansion is being demolished.
Visited by OS (JFC) 11 March 1954
The walls of the Tower can still be seen; they are approximately 0.3m high.
Information from OS Reviser (T H Dick) 20 December 1962
Architecture Notes
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect: John Baird (Primus) - extensive additions. D. Hamilton worked there 1840
Demolished: 1934
The estate was sold to Messrs. Kennoway & Fraser, Estate Agents, 9 South Charlotte Street, Edinburgh,
who then resold it to the Department of Agriculture reserving the house for demolition.
The modern additions are of two periods, c.1850, 1907-14;
the old house is probably of two periods also, including a 15th centrury tower.
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References
Black's Picturesque Tourist (1851 )
Black's picturesque tourist of Scotland,
Edinburgh, 9th
MacGibbon and Ross, D and T (1887-92 )
The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland from the twelfth to the eighteenth centuries,
5v, Edinburgh, Vol.3, 438-9,
From MacGibbon & Ross