A 19th Century farm house built around 1832, The farmhouse has been declared at risk and is on the Building at Risk register for Scotland.The family motto - 'Gang Forward' - is displayed prominently throughout.The majority of the buildings are 1 or 2 storey buildings forming 3 sides enclosing a large central cattle court At the Northwest corner is a stunning, ornate 3 storey clock tower with a spiral staircase to access the tower. Centrally a tall chimney makes a grand feature.
A ruined but historical old farm house. To see it when this place was new and alive with a family and farm animals. Interesting architecture almost middle ages.
Such beautiful buildings! I can imagine it must have been a very busy place in it's time. Thank you for taking your time and going through so much of it. Great job. Respect from SW Florida 😎
I love Scotland ( friends in Glasgow/Ayre ) but another sad story of abandoned property, but, with the right approach ( contacting local authorities ) it could be put to good use. If viable it could be restored ( keeping most of the original stone work )it could be used for horse treks ( depending on size of land )kids adventure weekends, ( adult supervision ) bird watching, and other helpful projects. Great educational video. Grazie.
Holding on to that 1700mm wooden cable drum will have cost them £100 30 years ago. It would have been free if they had got the cable off and rung up the factory saying " Please come and collect......."
I like those deep window sills in the house. Some even have cupboards under. That one at the top of the stairs is really cool! A person can just imagine how elegant it must have been from the stairway with the green and red carpet.
Alec, please describe what you are seeing. You are going so quickI love you through the rooms I don’t have time to consider what I’m seeing which leads me to go to another Scottish video page. Up your game man!
Whoa. That was a seriously old farm and outbuildings. The window sills amazing. Looked 2 ft deep. Could tell all the fireplace mantles had been removed, would've loved to have seen them. Hopefully they were repurposed, not just burned as scrap. The doors, archway details, and stair rails were very interesting. I love the architecture of the old stone farmhouses there. That barn was really unique, too. Any idea of what type of livestock it housed? I'm assuming sheep by the gates/heights. Very pretty spot. Loved the explore. Thank you so much for the effort! I absolutely love the old farms and cottages you find! So entertaining for the old shut in I've become here on our farm. 👍👍
@@ExploringwithAlec I think the layout speaks more of dairy farm than sheep farm. The central barn with the two gutters through the middle would allow for cows to be tied ass towards the gutters which would drain away their pies and pee. It's way too tall and big to be a sheep pen. Sheep pens wouldn't have a guttersystem like that either, sheep shit would have been used with straw to make fertilizer for veggie patches. Sheep pens 'pot'. Cow barns drain. The small section of barn with the amazing pens with the small doors is where they would seperate the calves to after birth. Cows only give milk once they've had a calf, so there would have been quite a few of them at all times. A sheep farm wouldn't have needed so many people living and working on it. Look at all the apartments / houses around the central barn, it would have been more akin to a village than a farm in its heyday. Only a dairy farm would have a need for so many hands living on-site permanently. For milking, for feeding hay, for cleaning the straw bedding, for cheese making and butter etc. That was all done on the farm since there was no way to refrigirate milk going to shops or factories back then. Milk would be provided to local shops on the day of milking, but the majority of the milk would have gone to butter and cheese, since these would keep good for far longer than plain milk.
Love how these places were built! Thick walls & full of character!!! You scared the shit out of me when you were upstairs looks like you were gong to slip on those floor boards they were bad! I am surprised you guys don’t wear steel boots or thick workers boots 🥾 in case you step on nails or glass!❤️🇨🇦
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Hey guys , cool place , liked the arched windows , and the stair bannister , very cool , watch out for dive bombing crittas , l.o.l. , at least you did not get drowned with this one !!! ha ha , keep up the great work , :-)
Amazing video I really enjoyed it I’m from Scotland to if you wouldn’t mind could you please tell me the location I would love to see the place anyway great video keep up the good work my guy
Your reaction to that swallow that just missed you was priceless. I enjoyed you reading the year on the newspaper and that you peer out windows with your camera! I enjoyed this video! The sun peeking thru was beautiful! Thanks Alec! ❤️
The bird flew out then came back in, then flew back out again haha, it did touch my face when it flew out the first time i thought it was a bat at first and thanks for watching Hector
A 19th Century farm house built around 1832, The farmhouse has been declared at risk and is on the Building at Risk register for Scotland.The family motto - 'Gang Forward' - is displayed prominently throughout.The majority of the buildings are 1 or 2 storey buildings forming 3 sides enclosing a large central cattle court At the Northwest corner is a stunning, ornate 3 storey clock tower with a spiral staircase to access the tower. Centrally a tall chimney makes a grand feature.
A ruined but historical old farm house. To see it when this place was new and alive with a family and farm animals. Interesting architecture almost middle ages.
Such beautiful buildings! I can imagine it must have been a very busy place in it's time. Thank you for taking your time and going through so much of it. Great job. Respect from SW Florida 😎
No problem and thanks for watching
I love Scotland ( friends in Glasgow/Ayre ) but another sad story of abandoned property, but, with the right approach ( contacting local authorities ) it could be put to good use. If viable it could be restored ( keeping most of the original stone work )it could be used for horse treks ( depending on size of land )kids adventure weekends, ( adult supervision ) bird watching, and other helpful projects. Great educational video. Grazie.
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Holding on to that 1700mm wooden cable drum will have cost them £100 30 years ago. It would have been free if they had got the cable off and rung up the factory saying " Please come and collect......."
I like those deep window sills in the house. Some even have cupboards under. That one at the top of the stairs is really cool! A person can just imagine how elegant it must have been from the stairway with the green and red carpet.
Alec, please describe what you are seeing. You are going so quickI love you through the rooms I don’t have time to consider what I’m seeing which leads me to go to another Scottish video page. Up your game man!
That's me told lol
Whoa. That was a seriously old farm and outbuildings. The window sills amazing. Looked 2 ft deep. Could tell all the fireplace mantles had been removed, would've loved to have seen them. Hopefully they were repurposed, not just burned as scrap. The doors, archway details, and stair rails were very interesting. I love the architecture of the old stone farmhouses there. That barn was really unique, too. Any idea of what type of livestock it housed? I'm assuming sheep by the gates/heights. Very pretty spot. Loved the explore. Thank you so much for the effort! I absolutely love the old farms and cottages you find! So entertaining for the old shut in I've become here on our farm. 👍👍
No problem and thanks for watching, your right though it was sheep
@@ExploringwithAlec I think the layout speaks more of dairy farm than sheep farm. The central barn with the two gutters through the middle would allow for cows to be tied ass towards the gutters which would drain away their pies and pee. It's way too tall and big to be a sheep pen. Sheep pens wouldn't have a guttersystem like that either, sheep shit would have been used with straw to make fertilizer for veggie patches. Sheep pens 'pot'. Cow barns drain.
The small section of barn with the amazing pens with the small doors is where they would seperate the calves to after birth. Cows only give milk once they've had a calf, so there would have been quite a few of them at all times.
A sheep farm wouldn't have needed so many people living and working on it. Look at all the apartments / houses around the central barn, it would have been more akin to a village than a farm in its heyday. Only a dairy farm would have a need for so many hands living on-site permanently. For milking, for feeding hay, for cleaning the straw bedding, for cheese making and butter etc. That was all done on the farm since there was no way to refrigirate milk going to shops or factories back then. Milk would be provided to local shops on the day of milking, but the majority of the milk would have gone to butter and cheese, since these would keep good for far longer than plain milk.
There is a good days explore around this place! Very interesting!
Love how these places were built! Thick walls & full of character!!! You scared the shit out of me when you were upstairs looks like you were gong to slip on those floor boards they were bad! I am surprised you guys don’t wear steel boots or thick workers boots 🥾 in case you step on nails or glass!❤️🇨🇦
Maria Abraham thanks for watching ❤️🏴
What an awesome old farmhouse, quite magnificent in it's day I would imagine. Such a shame it was left to rot. Great explore.
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Not my wife but thanks lol
Thanks for the video thumbs 👍 several old buildings and the view is beautiful. I seen a 🐦 or a bat 👀 fly buy your head. Stay safe 😊
thanks
Hey guys , cool place , liked the arched windows , and the stair bannister , very cool , watch out for dive bombing crittas , l.o.l. , at least you did not get drowned with this one !!! ha ha , keep up the great work , :-)
Cheers buddy haha
Interesting old farm. Great explore.
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Perfect Building for "Holiday Lets!
I could be wrong but that looked like the road near kilwinning/dalry at the start?
Hahah the bird lol
Amazing video I really enjoyed it I’m from Scotland to if you wouldn’t mind could you please tell me the location I would love to see the place anyway great video keep up the good work my guy
You say it wasn't much to see...through my eyes it was a beauty! Heart breaking that no one maintained it over the years!
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Hey this was neat. Wonder What it looked like back in the day. Take care man and watch your step bro. Cheers! Love from Canada.
Thanks much love from Scotland
What were these buildings? It could be living quarters for the estate employees!
That belonged to the Duke of Earl i believe ! and I'm speaking about the caravan !
Your reaction to that swallow that just missed you was priceless. I enjoyed you reading the year on the newspaper and that you peer out windows with your camera! I enjoyed this video! The sun peeking thru was beautiful! Thanks Alec! ❤️
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Was this a farm house for one family or a small community?
I believe it was a family yes
Alec! Are you " alright doon there"! Good Scots brogue"!
hello alec! What happened to that bird, you made me laugh a lot. by the way the video was very good indeed, a big hello guys !!
The bird flew out then came back in, then flew back out again haha, it did touch my face when it flew out the first time i thought it was a bat at first and thanks for watching Hector
This wasn't too bad, Getting out and about is a lot better than being stuck in the hoose watching shite on the TV lol :)
Beautiful farm. But I don't think you gave enough credit to its beauty and architect .
So true thanks for watching
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i like this girl ;-)
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Boring. Other explorers givebackground info.