# Capelrig House

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**Capelrig House** is an 18th-century house in [Newton Mearns](/source/Newton_Mearns), [East Renfrewshire](/source/East_Renfrewshire), Scotland, upon whose lands is situated [Eastwood High School](/source/Eastwood_High_School_(Newton_Mearns,_Scotland)). The house is protected as a Category A [listed building](/source/Listed_building).[1]

The lands of Capelrig were held by the [Knights Templar](/source/Knights_Templar) in the 12th century. Upon the suppression of the Templars, their property passed to the [Knights Hospitaller](/source/Knights_Hospitaller). At the time of the [Scottish Reformation](/source/Scottish_Reformation), the Hospitallers' lands were surrendered to the Crown, but were returned by [Mary, Queen of Scots](/source/Mary,_Queen_of_Scots) to [Sir James Sandilands](/source/James_Sandilands,_1st_Lord_Torphichen), the last [preceptor](/source/Preceptor) of the Hospitallers in Scotland.[2]

Capelrig was later acquired by the Mure family of [Caldwell](/source/Caldwell,_East_Renfrewshire). The Mures sided with the [Covenanters](/source/Covenanter) during the religious conflicts of the 17th century, and Capelrig was briefly taken by the Royalist General [Tam Dalyell of the Binns](/source/Tam_Dalyell_of_the_Binns).[2] The family regained their lands upon the [Glorious Revolution](/source/Glorious_Revolution) of 1688.

In 1765 Capelrig Estate was bought by Robert Barclay, whose mentor was William Mure and who gave him a lucrative post as a tax collector, becoming Depute Admiral of the Clyde. Barclay was regarded as the best whist player in Glasgow in his day and was a lawyer in the city in the firm of Barclay & Grahame. In 1769 a new house was erected, the present house in the [Georgian style](/source/Georgian_architecture).[2] It and the Estate descended through his family to James Barclay Murdoch, noted historian and antiquarian - and himself a descendant of the Browns and of the Murdochs who were Provosts of Glasgow. A wing was added to the south-west in 1913 by its new owner Kenneth Weir, on the occasion of his marriage. He later became the 2nd Viscount Weir of Eastwood.[1] Much of the Estate continued to be owned by the Murdoch Trust families.

In 1948 Kenneth Weir sold the House and farmlands to John Lawrence & Co Ltd, housebuilders, To provide for a new school Capelrig House and its immediate policies were purchased by the then Council of [County of Renfrew](/source/Renfrewshire_(historic)) who wished to demolish the building but were dissuaded after a public outcry. It was refurbished as an arts centre, and has been used as offices by East Renfrewshire Council.[2]

## References

1. ["Capelrig House"](http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/heritage/heritage_building/heritage_mansion_houses.htm?textsize=undefined). *Portal to the Past: East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection*. East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

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