Английская Википедия:Corseyard Farm
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Corseyard Farm, known locally as the Coo Palace and now marketed under that name, is an architecturally unusual dairy farm near Kirkandrews in Scotland, built between 1911 and 1914 and since converted into holiday accommodation. Erected for the Manchester businessman James Brown as part of a series of flamboyant improvements to the Knockbrex Estate, which he had bought in 1894, it was designed in the Gothic Revival style to resemble a fortified castle with battlemented roofs, arrowslit windows and arched entrances.
The buildings were designated a Category A listed building in 1981, by which time they were already in a dilapidated condition. A number of schemes were proposed to rescue and repurpose the buildings between 1990 and 2010, and in 2017 consent was given for it to be converted into holiday accommodation by the Holiday Property Bond. Work was carried out on the site between 2018 and 2020, and it opened to receive its first holidaymakers in 2020.
Description
Corseyard Farm is a collection of dairy farm buildings about Шаблон:Convert west of Kirkandrews in Kirkcudbrightshire. Designed in a distinctive and flamboyant manner, primarily in the Gothic Revival style and incorporating elements of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau design,Шаблон:Sfn it was converted into holiday accommodation between 2018 and 2020.Шаблон:Sfn The principal buildings are laid out around a square courtyard.Шаблон:Sfn On the south side of the courtyard is the main block, which was originally a milking parlour. It is buttressed, and accessed by round arched entrances at either end, and its walls are pierced by large cruciform mock-arrowslit windows.Шаблон:Sfn On the north side of this is a tall battlemented tower, surmounted by a turret;Шаблон:Sfn originally this was built as a water tower, but it did not work properly and was soon disused.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn The "heavy detailing" of these buildings is described by architectural historian John Gifford as imparting a "nightmarish quality".Шаблон:Sfn
On the east side of the courtyard was a stable block, which incorporates a smaller tower, again battlemented.Шаблон:Sfn The north and west sides of the courtyard were the barn and cart shed, which are less elaborately decorated.Шаблон:Sfn The southern boundary wall is decorated by the insetting of pebbles taken from the nearby coastline,Шаблон:Sfn and is accessed by a gabled gateway with ball finials.Шаблон:Sfn In the west corner of the enclosure is a small battlemented tower, which housed a weighbridge and was also used as a tool shed.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
History
In 1894 James Brown, a successful draper from Manchester who had been made rich by the department store he helped establish, Affleck & Brown, purchased and retired to the estate of Knockbrex. He set about a programme of building on the estate, renovating existing structures and constructing new ones, all in a distinctive and unusual style.Шаблон:Sfn He often employed the Manchester architect G H Higginbottom, who is thought to have designed Corseyard Farm.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Construction started in 1911, it was completed in 1914 and became home to a herd of 12 cows.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Its elaborate design, which was most unusual for a utilitarian building, inspired people to refer to it as the Coo Palace (Scots language for Cow Palace), which is still how it is generally known in the local area.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
In 1981, Corseyard Farm was designated a Category A listed building,Шаблон:Sfn but it was already in a state of disrepair and it needed remedial work in 1988 to make it wind and water tight.Шаблон:Sfn At the same time, discussions were held between its owners and Historic Scotland (now Historic Environment Scotland) about an application for planning consent to convert the building into holiday accommodation.Шаблон:Sfn
By 1994, the building had deteriorated further: part of the roof and several doors were missing, and birds were roosting inside. In 1995, it was sold to a developer who planned to restore it for mixed use, as a residence and film studio, for which listing building consent was given in 1998, but the plans for the development were called in for review by Historic Scotland later in 1998 due to concerns about how the designs would change the external appearance of the building. Deterioration of the fabric continued, and by 2010 there were concerns about the buildings' survival.Шаблон:Sfn
In 2014, Holiday Property Bond purchased Corseyard Farm, and had architectural firm JMP Architects of Lancashire draw up plans to convert the buildings into holiday accommodation.Шаблон:Sfn In 2017 Historic Environment Scotland gave the plan their backing, and advised Dumfries and Galloway Council to approve the scheme,Шаблон:Sfn which they did in November of that year.Шаблон:Sfn By 2018 building work was underway,Шаблон:Sfn and in 2020 the site was opened, marketed as The Coo Palace.Шаблон:Sfn
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