View of steading courtyard from W.

Description View of steading courtyard from W.

Date 23/6/1999

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number D 46969 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 764989

Scope and Content Dabton Stables, Drumlanrig Estate, Dumfries & Galloway, from the west These stable buildings, built of local pink sandstone, are constructed around a quadrangular, partly cobbled courtyard, with plain low ranges on the north (left) and south (right) sides. To the east (centre) is a pair of two-storeyed, piend-roofed ranges, the north block (left) having round-arched openings (some now blocked up) to the courtyard. The main entry is between these two ranges, and is guarded by a pair of sturdy gate-piers. The Chamberlain was an important official who was appointed by the duke to manage his household and estate. The stables were designed to reflect his standing and wealth as well as to accommodate his well-bred riding horses, carriage horses and hunting dogs. His elegant carriages were probably also housed in the same range of buildings (the round-arched openings were probably the carriage houses) which, as well as stabling as many as 12 horses, also accommodated grooms and stable lads, tack rooms, hay lofts, cart houses and feed storage. Dabton Stables, a formal court of stable buildings and kennels, were built c.1820 for the chamberlain (factor or estate manager) of the Duke of Queensberry's Drumlanrig estate. The buildings are contemporary with Dabton House, built for the chamberlain and to house the estate offices, and are probably by the same London architect, William Atkinson (c.1773-1839). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Colour negative

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