Английская Википедия:Borgue Old House
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Borgue Old House is a ruined Y-plan house, about Шаблон:Convert east of Borgue in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.Шаблон:Sfn Built in 1680,Шаблон:Sfn but probably incorporating the fabric of an older building, its large main block has two projecting wings at either end of its south face; another wing in the middle of the north face probably contained the stairway, but this is no longer present. Each of the two main stories has three interconnecting rooms, on in each of the wings on the south face, and one in the main block. The main block would also have had an attic, but is now roofless.Шаблон:Sfn
The main entrance, with molded stonework surround, is in the south face of the main block. Also in the south wall is a surviving chimney which rises above the wall level. Шаблон:Sfn On the ground floor is a large mantelpiece, with a lintel supported by corbels; architectural historian John Gifford asserts that this fireplace cannot be older than the early seventeenth century, and thus must be part of the older building that the house was built around.Шаблон:Sfn There is a single-storey building attached to the south-east wing, which probably formed part of a courtyard when the building was in use,Шаблон:Sfn and there is a large garden, probably laid out in the eighteenth century, partially enclosed by rubble walls.Шаблон:Sfn Nearby is the current Borgue House, a nineteenth-century mansion, which is still in use.Шаблон:Sfn
Borgue Old House was the home of Hugh Blair of Borgue, an eccentric laird whose unusual behaviour has led modern scholars to speculate that he may have had autism spectrum disorder.Шаблон:Sfn
The house was designated a Category A listed building in 1971.Шаблон:Sfn As of 2014, the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland records that the upper parts of the walls and chimneys are precariously balanced, and that the inside is overgrown.Шаблон:Sfn
References
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- Шаблон:Cite web
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- Шаблон:Historic Environment Scotland
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