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Greenhall House - Bardykes Estate

Greenhall House - Bardykes Estate

In the mid-nineteenth century Blantyre had 37 heritors, each of whom paid feu-duty to Lord Blantyre for their lands. Usually this took the form of cash, but not in the case of the Bardykes Estate, in the possession of the Jackson family from 1525. The Jacksons held on to the lands on the rather bizarre condition that they present Lord Blantyre with a red rose whenever he required; easier in the summer than in the depth of winter! Landowners were frequently involved in local decision-making, as is testified by the names of the various Blantyre heritors turning up at meetings for town improvement schemes. J. Wardrope of Greenhall House (above), was often the chair of such meetings and also donated the horse trough that is set into the graveyard wall. The mansion was still standing in the 1930's but since has been demolished.

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