Cambusnethan Priory or Cambusnethan House, was designed by James Gillespie Graham and completed in 1820. Today the Priory is looked on as one of Graham's best country houses, likely due to its Gothic Revival design. The house is two and three storeys high with turrets at each corner, a three-storey bow in the west elevation and a massive square porch. Characteristically, the house was very ornately decorated with a variety of architectural details; castellated roof lines, scrolled pinnacles, narrow pointed windows and drip moulds, and various cornices, besides carved motifs and decorated chimneys. Some of the ornate pinnacles have been removed in the interest of safety, and there had been at a recent extension to the lower ground floor across a sunken passage across the house with a roof flush with ground level.
However, sadly in 1984, Cambusnethan Priory was gutted by fire leading to only the golden sandstone shell remains seen today. Although now considered a ruin, stunning gothic carvings remain visible.
However, sadly in 1984, Cambusnethan Priory was gutted by fire leading to only the golden sandstone shell remains seen today. Although now considered a ruin, stunning gothic carvings remain visible.
