Galloway House is a Category A listed country house in

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, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

History

Adjoining the estate village of

Garlieston Garlieston ( gd, Baile Gheàrr Lios, IPA: �paləʝeaːᵲʎis̪ is a small planned coastal village in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It was founded in the mid 18th century by Lord Garlies, la ...

, on

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, the house was begun in 1740 for

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, later sixth

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, to designs by John Douglas, assisted by John Baxter as site architect. Additions in 1841 were by the

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architect

William Burn William Burn (20 December 1789 – 15 February 1870) was a Scottish architect. He received major commissions from the age of 20 until his death at 81. He built in many styles and was a pioneer of the Scottish Baronial Revival,often referred ...

.Galloway House up for Sale
at gallowaygazette.co.uk/news, accessed 29 December 2011 A high wall around the garden was constructed during the by French prisoners of war, in or during the

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. The house and estate were owned by the Earls of Galloway until 1908, when they were forced to sell up. The buyer was Sir Malcolm McEacharn, who developed the garden. In 1930 the house and park were sold again to Lady Forteviot, widow of

John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot John Alexander Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot (6 June 1856 – 23 November 1929) was a Scottish businessman, elder son of the founder of Dewar's Scotch Whisky and a Liberal Member of Parliament. He is buried with his family in the family plot a ...

, of the Dewar's Whisky family. She died in 1940, when the house became a hospital for men injured during the

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. Lady Forteviot's step-grandson, Edward Strutt, added to the garden, but in 1947 the house was sold to

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, and until 1976 was a boarding school. After that it was sold back into private ownership, firstly to an American, and then an Australian. In June 2011 the house was put on the market yet again, with an asking price of £1,500,000 which was reduced to £1,300,000 in 2013 and £595,000 in September 2014.

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External links

Galloway House Gardens Trust websiteGalloway House Estate (stables) websiteVillage of Garlieston website
{{Authority control Country houses in Dumfries and Galloway Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway Listed houses in Scotland Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes Clan Stewart