Drumley House has gone
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Drumley House has gone
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 21 Apr 2013
When I last flew past here I speculated about whether the house was being demolished or restored Image - this image seven months later provides the answer. Thanks to Mary Hogg for providing this http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/205281/textcontribution/drumley+house/ , which indicates that the house was subject to a local authority compulsory demolition notice to make it safe. From that link it appears that the house was at one time a maternity hospital, then a school. Another http://www.ayrshirehistory.org.uk/WallstonToll/wallstontoll.htm reports that the original central part was built about 1800 for Robert Davidson - it was certainly there by 1815 as it was reported to have been shot at by a mob protesting about tolls, when the Walston Toll was burnt.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.49331
Longitude
-4.52657