Dumfries - Maxwelton House (Closed)

This property is now a private house and no longer open to the public.

Stephen Laurie bought 14th C Glencairn Castle in 1611, changed the name to Maxwelton House and had the tower house extended. His granddaughter, the subject of a very popular ballad by Lady Scott, was born there in 1682. In 1968 the Stenhouse family bought the estate and started work on restoration which took a total of three years. Now the chambers, chapels and gardens are back to their former grandeur.