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Latitude: 55.0447 / 55°2'40"N
Longitude: -3.6741 / 3°40'26"W
OS Eastings: 293129
OS Northings: 573523
OS Grid: NX931735
Mapcode National: GBR 2BS3.CF
Mapcode Global: WH5WP.JGNJ
Plus Code: 9C7R28VG+V9
Entry Name: Goldielea
Listing Name: Goldielea House (Woodley Park)
Listing Date: 4 November 1971
Category: C
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 351076
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB17199
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200351076
Location: Troqueer
County: Dumfries and Galloway
Electoral Ward: Abbey
Parish: Troqueer
Traditional County: Kirkcudbrightshire
Tagged with: Country house
Built circa 1785. 3-storey 5-bay mansion house with basement
and symmetrical flanking wings; now a hotel. Modified circa
1857 and again circa 1895 when (brick) billiard room and
glass house range added to rear. Rendered, with ashlar
dressings. South-east elevation: steps to central Roman
Doric-columned porch; cill course to upper floors, upper
windows now pedimented (circa 1895) and cut through main
cornice. Corniced end stacks; piended roof. 2-storey, 2-bay
wings also piended, linked to main block by recessed low
linking bays with enlarged 3-light inserted openings.
Circular rear stair turret, canted billiard room to left.
Slate roofs.
Interior: cantilevered stair with decorative cast-iron
balusters; panelled doors in door cases. Simple ceiling
plasterwork. Glass house is timber-framed, with some cast-
iron members.
B group with former stables and viaduct. 1794 notice
describes Woodley Park as "lately built; it has a ground
floor, 1st floor and 8 bed chambers above." Balfour Browne
purchased estate in 1891; he enlarged "some... furtive
little windows". Home of Burns' Maria Woodley (Mrs Riddel).
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