Napoleon Pillar, Carsebridge House, Carsebridge Road, Alloa

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 01/06/1974 Supplementary Information Updated 04/04/2025 Local Authority Clackmannanshire Planning Authority Clackmannanshire Burgh Alloa NGR NS 89698 93515 Coordinates 289698, 693515 — An antique Roman Doric column about 10 feet tall with a dome cap on top of an abacus (flat slab), probably dating from the Roman occupation of Egypt. A plate reads: This Pillar / was conquest of Napoleon at Grand Cairo in Egypt / in the year 1798 / and / having been captured by the Allies en route to France / was sent by them to Florence / where it was bought by my father C E Dede / and forwarded to / Altona Schleswig Holstein / Fraulein Dede, Altona den 14 ten August 1852. Above Pillar presented to J[ohn] B[ald] Harvey / by Miss Dede. — In 1798 John Francis Erskine, Earl of Mar (1741-1825) granted the lease of a field to John Bald Esquire to build and operate a distillery near the Carse Bridge in Alloa (The Scotch Malt Whisky Society). Carsebridge Distillery opened in 1799. The Ordnance Survey Name Book of 1861-62 describes Carsebridge House as a neat and substantially built two-storey house with single-storey offices attached and the property of the Earl of Mar (OS1/8/1/31). The house and estate appear to have leased to the Bald family throughout much of the 19 th century and early-20 th century. John Bald Harvey (1831-1917) was a distiller, joint-tenant and occupant of Carsebridge Distillery. He was a tenant of Schawpark House (Scottish Post Office Directories). His sons, John Bald Harvey Junior (1865-?) and James Harvey (1867-1957), were a distiller and brewer respectively, and are recorded as living at Carsebridge House in the 1901 census. It is unclear when the pillar was erected at Carsebridge. Listed building record updated in 2023. Moved to current location

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.