Where is Cowden Hall?

Cowden Hall is in Central Scotland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.7835°, -4.4460°.

Gardens · Central Scotland

Cowden Hall

Cowden Hall — a garden in scotland-central, United Kingdom.

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Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1 h–2.5 h
Best time of year: Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)

Cowden Hall is a garden of interest in scotland-central, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Cowden Hall, Cowdon Hall or Cowdenhall is an example of a laird's hall-house with a farmstead dating from more peaceful times in the seventeenth century when gun loops, thick defensive walls and well defended entrances were no longer essential and larger windows could be utilised. Eighteenth century additions included an outshot with a cruck roof. Cowden is located in an elevated position overlooking the Neilston Gap and the Levern Water on the lands of the old Barony of Cowden near Neilston in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Background

History

A building may have stood on or near to the site prior to the seventeenth century as indicated by the name ‘Kouden’ that is recorded on Timothy Pont’s Renfrewshire map that dates from between 1583 and 1596. In 1695 the name 'Couldoune' is recorded on the Poll Tax Roll when Thomas Spreull lived at Smithhills of Couldoune (now Smiddyhill Farm?) with his three children; John Spreull lived here with his wife Margaret Gardiner; James Spreull lived at Knowglass (now Knockglass?) with his wife Margaret Dinsmuir; John Stewart lived at Couldoune Mill; Huw Cochrane lived in Couldoune. The name 'Cowden' may derive from the Gaelic 'Caltuinn' for 'Hazel' and valley. Although Cowden overlooks the…

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