Lathallan House, originally known as 'Laurence Park', dates to 1826 and is attributed to architect Thomas Hamilton (who, along with William Burn were the first Scottish members of RIBA). The house was notably home to Henry Salvesen who built Scotland's first steam powered car, which he used around the estate. The car, dating to 1896, still survives and has been known to appear in the London to Brighton veteran car run.
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| Curious repair, just this one small wall section |
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| Front entrance |
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| Pair of safes, now sitting in the porch, contents unknown |
The house was stripped of much of it's timber fixtures and fittings and at one stage suffered a fire (possibly started accidentally by a rough sleeper).
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| Lantern |
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| Bathtub, plug still in, located near the stable block |
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| Barbed wire no longer required, stable block door |
Sadly the house is now a ruin, listed on the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland, and only frequented by occasional urbexers and the odd sheep. As my interest is landscape I focussed on the periphery of the building, not venturing deep inside but looking at the curious array of objects that are emerging from the building and migrating outwards. This has created a debris field, much as a sinking ship would spew it's contents on the way to the bottom.
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| Window, complete with mullions |
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| Overgrown sofa, located near the walled garden |
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| Wooden handled umbrella |
These photographs were taken with a Canon 5D mark IV, as digital raw files, and then processed through NIK Silver Efex. See more photographs as I process them, in
Flickr album "Lathallan House".
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