Kilwinning

[Ellie7]

Could not resist this ,my home town ,and the houses further back is where Cromwell stayed when they were fighting with the castle owners in the district.Also home of the Knights Templar .Watch the video .
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/d...h_identifier=870b7c00c15a8d17e288a4ac2b01f61b

 

[Ellie7]

by ardrossanrentboy » Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:52 am

The house in whose front garden the Mercat Cross sits is 24 Main Street also known as the Mason's Howff. My mother and my youngest sister Madelaine lived in it after it was completely refurbished and bought it under the 'right to buy scheme ' but my sister moved out into horse country near Montgreenan and my mother briefly was a resident in Chalybeate Court next to the Library before her death.
The original house dates from the 16th Century and was reputedly owned by Hugh Smith who allowed the Masonic Lodge to hold meetings there after the dinging doon of the Abbey Chapter house around the time of the Reformation.
I don't know who owns it now but although completely rebuilt within the older walls it still had the feeling of being in an ancient structure

 

[solidrock2]

It was up for sale in November 2018, offers over 124,500.


https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-58310490.html

 

[Ellie7]

It was up for sale in November 2018, offers over 124,500.


https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-58310490.html

It is the History of the house that is interesting not the selling of it.

 

[Ellie7]

THE LIFE OF DR DUGUID .would have been more pleased to have these records as they are ,or to have them cast contemptuously aside, and lost to posterity forevermore.NEWTOWN,SYDNEY,NEWSOUTHWALES,September1887 J.S.

https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en/r...ectionsofDoctorDuguidofKilwinning_10065495#17
The house being rethatched is #1 Who was J.S. ?

 

[Ellie7]

Oh! its John/James? Service from Kilwinning

 

[Ellie7]

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.653...4!1siLa0lTYzfEiBeHJp3jnVeA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
That was their house in Kilwinning
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/service-james-4561

 

[gibbo]

It was up for sale in November 2018, offers over 124,500.


https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-58310490.html

You see the fireplace in it? Even as grand as the fireplace is, its also looks a bit on the scary side of things Thanks for the link, it was good to see inside.

 

[solidrock2]

Don't like the mix and mis-match in the bathroom.

 

[gibbo]

Don't like the mix and mis-match in the bathroom.

Yes I agree. Actually I thought the kitchen would have been a bit more original looking with a big old stove etc in it but looks like its been modernised.
Still it was good to see what inside looked like scary fireplace and all