What is recorded here

Torrance House in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, is a post Medieval country house, dovecot, and office built around a medieval tower house. The tower part may have watched the land before the house and dovecot joined it, while the office part suggests the place still serves people rather than only storing memory. Whether it is a home, a pigeon loft, or a working room depends on the door you enter.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records East Kilbride, Torrance House as Country House (post Medieval), Dovecot (post Medieval), Office(s) (post Medieval), Tower House (medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Torrance House, near East Kilbride, was built in the 17th century by the Torrance family, a prominent Scottish landowning family. It is remembered as a historic country house and tower house complex, reflecting the architectural and social history of the region during the post-medieval period.

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