{{Short description|House in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox park | name = Galloway House | other_name = | image = Galloway House.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = Galloway House | type = | location = Garlieston, Sorbie, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom | coordinates = {{Coord|54.77923|-4.36736|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | area = | created = {{Start date|1740}} | operator = | visitation_num = | status = | website = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = }}
{{designation list | designation1 = Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland | designation1_offname = Galloway House | designation1_date = 30 June 1987 | designation1_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num=GDL00185|short=yes}} }}
thumb|Galloway House, 19th-century lithograph '''Galloway House''' is a Category A listed country house in Sorbie, in the historic county of Wigtownshire in the administrative area of Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
==History== Adjoining the estate village of Garlieston, on Wigtown Bay, the house was begun in 1740 for Lord Garlies, later sixth Earl of Galloway, to designs by John Douglas, assisted by John Baxter as site architect. Additions in 1841 were by the Edinburgh architect William Burn.<ref name=listing>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB16876|desc=Galloway House and Park Walls|cat=A|access-date=27 March 2019}}</ref><ref name=gazette>[http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/news/local-headlines/galloway_house_up_for_sale_1_1671910 Galloway House up for Sale] at gallowaygazette.co.uk/news, accessed 29 December 2011</ref>
A high wall around the garden was constructed by French prisoners of war {{circa|1750}} or during the Napoleonic Wars.<ref name=gazette/><ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=GDL00185|desc=Galloway House|access-date=27 March 2019|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
The house and estate were owned by the Earls of Galloway until 1908, when they were forced to sell up. The buyer was Sir Malcolm McEacharn, who developed the garden. In 1930 the house and park were sold again to Lady Forteviot, widow of John Dewar, 1st Baron Forteviot, of the Dewar's Whisky family. She died in 1940, when the house became a hospital for men injured during the Second World War. Lady Forteviot's step-grandson, Edward Strutt, added to the garden, but in 1947 the house was sold to Glasgow Corporation, and until 1976 was a boarding school. After that it was sold back into private ownership, firstly to an American, and then an Australian. In June 2011 the house was put on the market yet again, with an asking price of £1,500,000<ref name=gazette/> which was reduced to £1,300,000 in 2013 and £595,000 in September 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abamatthews.com/particulars.asp?rowid=2458&town=Garlieston |title=AB & A Matthews LLP property listing |access-date=2014-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112020/http://www.abamatthews.com/particulars.asp?rowid=2458&town=Garlieston |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.gallowayhousegardens.co.uk Galloway House Gardens Trust website] *[http://www.garlieston.net Village of Garlieston website]
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Category:Country houses in Dumfries and Galloway Category:Category A listed buildings in Dumfries and Galloway Category:Listed houses in Scotland Category:Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Dumfries and Galloway +