Craigenputtock
Craigenputtock is the craig/whinstone hill of the puttocks. It is the upland farming estate in the civil parish of Dunscore in Dumfriesshire, within the District Council Region of Dumfries and Galloway.
It comprises the principal residence – a two-storey, four bedroomed Georgian Country House, two cottages and a farmstead, of moorland hill rising to above sea level, of inbye ground of which is arable/ploughable and of woodland/forestry. It was once the residence of the well-known writer Thomas Carlyle, who wrote many famous works there.
It was the property for generations of the family Welsh, and eventually that of their heiress, Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle , which the Carlyles made their dwelling-house in 1828, where they remained for seven years, and where Sartor Resartus was written. The property was bequeathed by Thomas Carlyle to the Edinburgh University on his death in 1881. It is now home to the Carter-Campbell family, and managed by the C.C.C..Picture gallery
The artist James Paterson stayed at Craigenputtock in 1882. The following is his account and sketches of his stay:*
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