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Following closure of the school Crawfordton House was placed on the market. It remained unoccupied until 2013 when it was purchased by Hong Kong architect Kenneth Ko, who is currently renovating the house as a family home.
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The house was again on the market in 2018, following extensive refurbishment by the current owner. In December 2021, Crawfordton House is said to be in the hands of 'Master Designer' Mr Kenneth Ko.
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for this purpose. Extensions were built during the 1970s and 1980s, though these are excluded from the listed building. In 1995, Crawfordton House School closed down. The house was then run as
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architecture, with crowstepped gables, towers, turrets and carvings. There is a four-storey square tower over the entrance bay.
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In 1940 the house was purchased for use as a school, and in 1941, pupils were evacuated from
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Between 1863 and 1866 the present house was built for the Conservative politician
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to Crawfordton House, which had been converted into a
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Category B listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway
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55°11′42″N 3°53′31″W / 55.195°N 3.892°W / 55.195; -3.892
Listed Building
LB10343
Crawfordton House is located in Dumfries and Galloway
category B listed
Moniaive
Dumfriesshire
tower house
Crichtons
Hays
Sir George Gustavus Walker
Peddie & Kinnear
Scottish Baronial
Belmont House School
East Renfrewshire
preparatory school
Cademuir International School





Historic Environment Scotland
"CRAWFORDTON SCHOOL (MAIN BLOCK) (Category B Listed Building) (LB10343)"
ISBN
978-1899874361
"Old Crawfordton (65106)"
Canmore
"The Property"

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