Built / Designed For: Alexander Cruicshanks

House & Family History: In 1938 the government leased Stracathro House and built a temporary Emergency Medical Services Hospital in the grounds to cope with the military and civilian casualties anticipated as a result of World War II. During this time the House was used as a residence for doctors and nurses; it was later purchased by the local health authority and became a District General Hospital. Stracathro House and Estate has been a home in private ownership since 2003.

Comments: J.R.A. Connachan-Holmes, writing in "Country Houses of Scotland," calls Stracathro "amongst the first rank of neo-classical architecture."

Garden & Outbuildings: There are the remains of a Roman marching camp at Stracathro. In 1296 King Edward I of England (Hammer of the Scots) defeated John Balliol, King of Scotland, on Stracathro Field.

John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. I, p. 45, 1852.

House Listed: Category A

Park Listed: Not Listed

Current Seat / Home of: Francis Convery

Past Seat / Home of: Alexander Cruicshanks, 19th century. Sir James Campbell, Lord Provost of Glasgow, late 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: Individual / Family Trust

Primary Current Ownership Use: Private Home

House Open to Public: No

Historic Houses Member: No