Cowden Park House is a house in

Alloa Alloa (Received Pronunciation ; educated Scottish pronunciation /ˈaloʊa/; gd, Alamhagh, possibly meaning "rock plain") is a town in Clackmannanshire in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is on the north bank of the Forth at the spot where ...

Clackmannanshire Clackmannanshire (; sco, Clackmannanshire; gd, Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn) is a historic county, council area, registration county and Lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth & Kinross and the hi ...

, Scotland. On 17 June 1977 it was listed as a Category C(s)

historic building This list is of heritage registers, inventories of Cultural property, cultural properties, natural and man-made, tangible and Intangible cultural heritage, intangible, movable and immovable, that are deemed to be of sufficient Values (heritage), ...

. It was built in the 1850s for Alexander Forrester-Paton, a member of the family that owned the

Patons and Baldwins Patons and Baldwins was a leading British manufacturer of knitting yarn. It was an original constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange. Early history The business began as two separate companies: J & J Bald ...

wool company and large areas of land in Clackmannanshire. The architect was John Melvin, Sr. (1805 – 7 March 1884).Directory of Scottish Architects - DSA Building/Design Report - Cowdenpark

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Category C listed buildings in Clackmannanshire Country houses in Clackmannanshire {{Scotland-struct-stub

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