Carstairs House
History
Carstairs House was designed by the Edinburgh architect William Burn and built for Henry Monteith MP between 1821 and 1823. It then passed to his son Robert Monteith, and on his death to Joseph Monteith, who built a hydroelectric plant at nearby Jarviswood, and the Carstairs House Tramway to transport guests and family to and from Carstairs railway station. It was purchased by Sir James King, the former Lord Provost of Glasgow in 1899.
In 1924 Carstairs House was acquired the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow who had selected it as base for the St Charles' Certified Institution for "mentally defective Catholic children". The children arrived there in 1925. The institution, which was staffed by Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, closed in 1983.
The house re-opened as a nursing home known as Monteith House (named after its original owner) in 1986 and, after a temporary closure between 2009 and 2011, re-opened again.
References
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Carstairs House (Category A Listed Building) (LB712)". Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "Monteith, Henry (1764-1848), of Westbank, Renfrew Road, Glasgow and Carstairs House, Lanark". History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ The Electrical engineer, Volume 3, 1889
- ^ "Sir James King". Glasgow West-end Addresses and their Occupants. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ The Catholic who's who and yearbook, Volume 20. Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Burns & Oates, 1 January 1927
- ^ The County of Lanark, George Thomson, Collins, 1960
- ^ "St. Charles' Certified Institution". Scottish Archive Network. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ Carluke and Lanark Gazette, 15 July 2011
