Dalzell House

Dalzell House
Dalzell House
Dalzell House: the tower house is in the centre, with the 17th-century south range on the right, and the 19th-century north range on the left
Dalzell House: the tower house is in the centre, with the 17th-century south range on the right, and the 19th-century north range on the left
Location: Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Coordinates: 55°46′21″N 3°58′41″W / 55.7725°N 3.978056°W / 55.7725; -3.978056Coordinates: 55°46′21″N 3°58′41″W / 55.7725°N 3.978056°W / 55.7725; -3.978056
Built: c.15th century
c.1649
1857–1859
Built for: Dalzell family
James Hamilton of Boggs
John Hamilton, 1st Baron Hamilton of Dalzell
Restored: late 1980s
Restored by: Classical House
Architect: R. W. Billings
Listed Building – Category A
Designated: 28 January 1971
HB Number: 38238
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland
Designated: 1987
Dalzell House is located in North Lanarkshire
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Location within North Lanarkshire

Dalzell House is a historic house in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located to the south of the town, on the north bank of the River Clyde. At its core is a 15th-century tower house, with extensive additions built during the 17th and 19th centuries. The house was restored in the 1980s, and is now privately owned, although the surrounding Dalzell Estate is owned by North Lanarkshire Council. The house is protected as a Category A listed building,[1] and the grounds are listed on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.[2]

History

The 15th- or early 16th-century tower house was built by the Dalzell family, who acquired these lands in the 13th century. Thomas de Dalzell fought at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314. Sir Robert Dalzell forfeited the lands in around 1342, for residing in England without the King's consent,[3] but they were restored through marriage in the 15th. Another Sir Robert Dalzell was created Lord Dalzell in 1628, and his son was further elevated as Earl of Carnwath in 1639.

In 1645 the Earl granted the Dalzell estate to his nephew James Hamilton of Boggs who carried the first major extensions to the tower house, adding the south wing around 1649.[1] By 1750, avenues of trees had been laid out in the grounds, probably the work of Archibald Hamilton, 4th of Dalzell.[3] The 7th laird, another Archibald Hamilton, entered into a venture with the reformer Robert Owen. An attempt was made to build a model settlement at the Hamiltons' nearby property of Orbiston, but this proved an expensive failure.[3]

In the 19th century the family fortunes were enhanced by the Lanarkshire coal mining boom. John Hamilton (1829–1900), a Liberal politician later ennobled as Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, commissioned a major remodelling of the house in the 1850s. Architect Robert William Billings carried out extensive restorations to the earlier buildings, and added a new north wing. Billings had recently published The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland (1852), four volumes of engravings of Scottish architecture, and he drew heavily on this source material in his work at Dalzell. He lived at Dalzell for three years while overseeing the works.[1] Andrew Cassels, a local man, undertook work on the gardens and grounds, possibly supervised by Billings.[1] The south wing was also restored in 1869, following a fire.[4] Lord Hamilton served in the government of William Gladstone, who visited Dalzell on several occasions, and the Prince and Princess of Wales visited in 1888.[3]

On the death of the 2nd Baron in 1952 the estate was sold out of the Hamilton family. Part of it was used as a boys' school until 1967, when it was purchased by Motherwell and Wishaw Town Council.[3] The house then stood empty until the 1980s when developer Classical House renovated the property as a series of 18 private apartments. The interiors retain Billings' Jacobean detailing.[1]

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