Corehouse

Lesmahagow, near Lanark

South Lanarkshire

Scotland

Start Date: 1824

Completion Date: 1827

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: Yes

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: George Cranstoun, Lord Corehouse.

Collections: Jusepe de Ribera's "Martydom of St. Bartholomew" was sold at Sotheby's on July 6, 1983 for £600,000. The piece was resold to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, on July 4, 1990, for £2,787,500.
Architect: Edward Blore

Date of Birth: 1787
Date of Death: 1879
Nationality: British
Notes: Blore was famouusly valued by his clients for his reliable estimates. Howard Colvin wrote that "A dull competence pervades all his work."

Date: 1824-27
Designed: House

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Title: Disintegration of a Heritage: Country Houses and their Collections, 1979-1992, The
Author: Sayer, Michael
Year Published: 1993
Publisher: Norfolk: Michael Russell (Publishing)
ISBN: 0859551970
Book Type: Hardback

Title: Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600-1840, A - SOFTBACK
Author: Colvin, Howard
Year Published: 1995
Publisher: New Haven: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300072074
Book Type: Softback
House Listed: Category A

Park Listed: Not Listed
Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

Ownership Details: Owned by the trustees of the late Lieutenant Colonel A.J.E. Cranstoun.
House Open to Public: Yes
Phone: 01555-663-126

Email: [email protected]

Historic Houses Member: Yes

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