Clyde View, Milton

Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 26 Oct 2012

The house at the centre of the photograph is called Clyde View; it dates from 1888, and stands alongside the Milton Burn. To its left is what was once a school playground (Image); to its right is Image On the front of Clyde View, though too small to be clearly visible in this picture, is a carving that includes, as a small central detail, a raised arm, its hand holding a laurel wreath. This is the crest of Lord Overtoun, and its presence on the building suggests that this was formerly a lodge of Overtoun House; for further comments and links, see the last part of the description of a Image (Early OS mapping does not mark this building as a lodge, but that does not, in itself, mean that it was not one. A different building, about 160 metres further east along the main road, is labelled "lodge", but that building was a lodge for Auchentorlie House.) The small carving referred to above is, in this picture, right of centre; it is high up on the building, and is just below the apex of the roof, and above four window frames that are side-by-side. In addition, the date, "18 AD 88", appears just above the door.

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