Crawford Priory

Crawford Priory, the ruins of a former manor house in the Scottish Lowlands. It is located five kilometers south-west of Cupar near the village of Springfield in the County of Fife.

Originally Crawford Priory was built in 1758 by the 21st Earl of Crawford. Between 1809 and 1811 but was a comprehensive renovation and expansion, which completely changed the look of the building. 1809 commissioned Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford initially the architect David Hamilton with the redesign. 1811 Hamilton was replaced by James Gillespie Graham. Both Hamilton and Graham left the mansion in neo-Gothic style remodel, with Graham even more closely to the known forms of the church of Gothic oriented than Hamilton.

In 1833, Lady Mary Lindsay Crawford and inherited Crowford Priory died of the Earls of Glasgow. 1871 brought about the then head of the family, George Frederick Boyle, 6th Earl of Glasgow, expand the building on the east side to a chapel. His successor, David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow, Crowford Priory eventually sold due to high debt to Thomas Cochrane, who was raised in 1919 for Baron Cochrane of Cults. This was in 1920 extending the input area of ​​the property to a porch.

Because of the enormous maintenance costs included the Cochrane of Cults in the following decades, parts of the building. After the death of the 2nd Baron Cochrane of Cults, Thomas George Frederick Cochrane, 2nd Baron Cochrane of Cults, in 1968 they gave Crowford Priory in 1971 finally on. Since then, the property will be forfeited. Today, the interior is almost completely destroyed, only the outer walls have been preserved in large parts. The ruins are not open to the public due to safety regulations.